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Plays by women from countries geographically linked but politically divided. The Plays:
"Twelve Women in a Cell" by Nawal el Saadawi, translated by Helen Kaye and Miriam Kainy

A penetrating autobiographical play about the imprisonment in the same cell of twelve Arab women from different backgrounds, who would not tow the line.

"The End Of The Dream Season" by Miriam Kainy

A woman doctor outwits her friends and relations to retain her inheritance.

"Libration" by Lluisa Cunillé

A mysterious, intense and comic two-hander about two women who meet in a city park at night.

"Mephisto" by Ariane Mnouchkine, adapted from the novel by Klaus Mann, translated by Timberlake Wertenbaker

The story of a German actor who sells his soul to Nazi ideology. Also a feature film.

"Harsh Angel" by Maria Avraamidou, translated by Rhea Frangofinou

A gentle Chekhovian tale of a family torn by the partition of their native land.

"Veronica Franco, Courtesan and Poet" by Dacia Maraini, translated by Sian Williams and Marion Baraitser -The life of a sixteenth century Venetian courtesan during a time of plague.