The Great Game: Afghanistan - Part 1 - 1842-1930 Invasion and Independence - Bugles at the Gates of Jalalabad/Durand's Line/Campaign/Now is the Time
From: Friday, 23rd July 2010
To: Sunday, 29 August 2010
Our Review: 
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Our Review:
2 August 2010
NOTE: The following review dates from April 2009 and this cycle's original dates at the Tricycle Theatre.
What sounded like a daunting proposition - an all-day epic of 12 short plays about the history of, and continuing political crisis in, Afghanistan - turns out to be one of the major highlights of the year, an utterly enthralling and informative experience with terrific new pieces by, among others, Stephen Jeffreys, David Edgar, David Greig, Abi Morgan, Ron Hutchinson, Richard Bean, Colin Teevan and Simon Stephens.
The surprise package is Abi Morgan’s The Night is Darkest Before the Dawn, the only rural play, and a brilliantly poised and characterised drama of choice between the education of girls and the ownership of the drug trade’s poppy fields that underpin what little prosperity the country possesses and were a bargaining chip in dealings with the British government in the late 19th century.
Backed up with tremendou...
Cast
Daniel Betts
Sheena Bhattessa
Michael Cochrane
Vincent Ebrahim
Nabil Elouahabi
Tom McKay
Danny Rahim
Jemma Redgrave
Rick Warden
Creative
Nicolas Kent (assisted by Zoe Ingenhaag) (Producer)
Jack Bradley (literary advisor) (Other)
Stephen Jeffreys (Bugles at the Gates of Jalalabad) (Author)
Ron Hutchinson (Durand's Line) (Author)
Amit Gupta (Campaign) (Author)
Joy Wilkinson (Now is the Time) (Author)
Nicolas Kent (Director)
Indhu Rubasingham (Director)
Rachel Grunwald (assistant) (Director)
Pamela Howard (Design)
Miriam Nabarro (Design)
James Fancombe (Lighting)
Tim Lishman (Sound)
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