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Hakawatis: Women of the Arabian Nights review " Scheherazade's storytellers step out of the shadows

by Claire Armitstead

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonThis co-production between the Globe and Tamasha gives voice to five fluent, witty and graceful women, allowing them to reshape the ancient tales as their own Where did Scheherazade get the stories of 1,001 Nights? There is a neat theatrical logic to the idea that they came from other women, some of whom must have been fearfully awaiting their fate, should her stock run dry and the king…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:42am on December 18, 2022