Homebody/Kabul
From: Friday, 10th May 2002
To: Saturday, 22 June 2002
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Synopsis
1998. Afghanistan. An Englishwoman's discovery of an outdated guidebook propels her on an outlandish journey to the heart of Afghanistan.
Our Review:
29 May 2002
It's difficult to believe that Tony Kushner's uncannily prescient Homebody/Kabul was written before the awful events of 11 September and the subsequent war on Afghanistan. But the play, far from being rendered out-of-date by what the playwright frighteningly anticipates in it, actually becomes a long-winded but nevertheless alert and urgent contribution to trying to grasp how and why it happened.
In the most directly chilling part of the play, a character attributes earlier alleged American military support of the Taliban to the US wanting to use that regime to settle a 20-year-old score with Iran."You love the Taliban so much, bring them to New York! Well, don't worry, they're coming to New York!" she shouts. Wow!
It's a line that resonates with amazing perspicacity, in a play that is always deeply thought intellectually but not always deeply felt emotionally. Too often, Kushner seems to be indulging in the typical Stoppard shortcoming of creating mouthp...
Creative
Tony Kushner (Author)
Cheek by Jowl (Company)
Young Vic (in association with New York Theatre Workshop) (Producer)
Declan Donnellan (Director)
Nick Ormerod (Design)
Paddy Cunneen (Music)
Judith Greenwood (Lighting)
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