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Tales from the Arabian Nights

by Donna Abela
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781760622756
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Currency Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Currency Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 54
  • Original Price: GBP 12.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: Standard
  • Item Weight: 68 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

In this delightful adaptation of the classic tales, Donna Abela brings centuries-old tradition into the modern era with a play that is timeless yet utterly contemporary.

Young courtier Shahrazad poses as a ""Smuggle"" (a refugee) about to be executed by the despotic King Shahrayar. To save her life, she tells the king a story he can't resist. It's a tale of magic and transformation, demons and lovers, adventure and terror.

Delaying her fate by one more night each time, Shahrazad weaves the story into another and then another until turn by turn she finds a way into the king's heart. His defences are breached and the results offer fresh hope for the whole kingdom.

Abela has created an imaginative and playful piece of theatre for young people that poses many questions and longer discussions.

Donna Abela's Tales from the Arabian Nights is a powerful allegory for our times and a great afternoon for an audience... [Tales From The Arabian Nights] effortlessly tell us much about human nature, morality, kindness and contemporary Australia. - NSW Premier's Literary Awards judges (shortlisted)

Abela, Donna: - Donna is an award-winning playwright. Her play Jump For Jordan won the 2013 Griffin Playwriting Award and the 2015 Australian Writers' Guild AWGIE Award for Stage. It is on the HSC Drama Syllabus, was one of three Australian plays presented in Spanish at the 2018 Women Playwright's International Conference in Santiago de Chile, and was the creative component of her 2016 doctoral thesis entitled Dialogic Interplay: a Strategy for Representing Difference and Cultural Diversity on Stage. Other recent plays include Monkey ... Journey to the West (2014 Brisbane Festival, 2015 Melbourne Festival, 2015 Sydney Opera House programs), Spirit (2016 AWGIE Award for Radio), Aurora's Lament (2012 AWGIE Award for Radio), and Mrs Macquarie's Cello (2010 AWGIE Award for Radio). Donna supports the development of new performance works, and leads processes that leverage the creative proficiency and resilience of writers. In the last year, she has taught, mentored or provided dramaturgy to over a hundred student, emerging and professional writers for screen and stage. She is a founding member and board member of PYT

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