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...bookish aspect of al-Hakim’s work presented a tremendous challenge to the cast and crew of “Shahrazad,” especially since al-Hakim’s brand of intellectualism contains few flashy verbal pyrotechnics or self-congratulatory cultural references. “Shahrazad?? is measured, elliptical, and oblique...
...product of Shahrazad??s feat of storytelling, al-Hakim’s play tells us, is Shahriyar’s burgeoning insanity. He wants to abandon feelings for knowledge. He wants to leave his body. Most of all, he wants to know who Shahrazad is. “You seek the unattainable,” Shahrazad replies...
...guess I could take al-Hakim’s advice and subject “Shahrazad?? to additional reading and study, but I’m mostly disappointed that the show was limited to a single weekend run. A play so little known in the States would have been worth a second trip. It was well worth the first...
...gray skies and dirty snow of Cambridge? Well, it’s only going to get worse in January. But escape is possible! During reading period, three plays will transport their audiences to three very different places: Arabia, Ancient Troy, and the Garden of Eden.“Shahrazad??“Shahrazad,” which will be presented in the Loeb Experimental Theatre from Jan. 10-12, promises to be “your Oriental fantasy come true,” says director Karol W. Malik ’08-’09. The play...
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