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ОглавлениеThe play was first produced as Waiting, at the Purcell Room on March 12 and 13 2010, by the Southbank Centre in association with Metta Theatre Company. The production text of Waiting was a modified version of the original The Meaning of Waiting.
Director, Dramaturge and Librettist, Poppy Burton-Morgan *
Composer, Jessica Dannheisser *
Design, Projection and Lighting, William Reynolds
Assistant Director, Rachel Warr
SABAH, Juliet Stevenson
WENDY, Gemma Jones
ALEXIA, Simone James
NOUR (Soprano), Anna Dennis
YASMINE (Mezzo), Carole Wilson
CELLO, Oliver Coates
WOMEN A, Harriet Ladbury
WOMAN C, Diana Hardcastle
WOMAN Z, Manjinder Virk
After each performance there was a panel discussion, with Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Salma Yacoob, Gareth Peirce, Vanessa Redgrave, Manjinder Virk, Riz Ahmed, Moazzem Begg, chaired by Victoria Brittain.
Flowers were presented to four of the women in the audience whose words were spoken.
The libretto for the two sung characters, Nour and Yasmine, was taken from the text.
The Meaning of Waiting was published in Arabic in Beirut by Dar Al Furabi in 2009, with a translation by Maha Bahbou funded by the Qattan Foundation in Ramallah.
