The Beloved
From: Monday, 21st May 2012
To: Saturday, 9 June 2012
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Synopsis
When Abraham returns home from a journey with his son, his wife is troubled by the boy's state of mind. What took place on the mountain that day is the beginning of a lifetime of suffering for his son and the dawn of a new age for millions. A haunting and heartbreaking twist on the story of Abraham and Issaic which reminds us that this historic tale of sacrifice began with just one family.
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Michael Coveney - 28 May 2012
In the Bible, and the Koran, God ordered Abraham to take his son Isaac to the mountain and sacrifice him as a test of obedience. [Amir Nizar’s Zuabi]’s 70-minute play for his Palestinian company ShiberHur, co-produced with the Young Vic and the Bush as part of World Stages London, starts with Abraham returning home with his young lad.
What happened up there? How did God intervene, and will Isaac, or Young Son as he is called here, survive the shock of his salvation? The piece is not in the same class as other work we have seen from ShiberHur at the Young Vic, but it has a lyrical, agricultural quality of intense peasant life and spiritual yearning.
And it’s played out under a sheep's wool canopy designed by Jon Bausor that changes colour with the dramatic temperature. Abraham’s first son was lost at war and, seven years after the mountain incident, grown-up Son is racked with pain over wanting to become a man.
The only ...
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Lesley Christian - 3 June 2012:
Started off well. I was gripped for the first 10 minutes or so and settled down for what I thought was going to be a well acted, thought provoking play but it went downhill from there. 'Sheep' were confusing, writing was all over the place. The Abraham/Issac analogy was not really explored - there seemed too many 'themes' just thrown in; one touched on forgotten about and on to the next. I could only recommend this to a seasoned theatre-goer. ...
Creative
Amir Nizar Zuabi (Author)
Bush Theatre (Producer)
KVS - Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg of Belgium (Producer)
ShiberHur (of Israel/Palestine co-production) (Company)
Amir Nizar Zuabi (Director)
Jon Bausor (Design)
Jackie Shemesh (Lighting)
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