Kabul (play)

Kabul
Written byRon Blair
Characters
Date premieredMay 31, 1973 (1973-05-31)
Place premieredUniversity of NSW, Old Tote Parade Theatre
Original languageEnglish
Subject1842 retreat from Kabul
SettingAfghanistan

Kabul is a 1973 Australian stage play by Ron Blair based on the 1842 retreat from Kabul. The original production was directed by John Bell.[1] Blair called it a play about politics and the politics of politics which was "part panto, part black comedy, part allegory".[2] The play featured real historical people but was heavily fictionalised.[2]

H.G. Kippax of the Sydney Morning Herald said the play "does nothing very much and does it rather badly."[3]

References

  1. ^ "Favoured child of the stage". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 February 1973. p. 7.
  2. ^ a b "The Cold War comes to Kabul". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 May 1973. p. 7.
  3. ^ Kippax, H.G. (2 June 1973). "Catastophe at Kabul". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 15.
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