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    The Great Game: Afghanistan

    FYI New Yorkers!

    I thought of sharing the information for those who are Broadway fans :D
    The play is divided in three parts. All three parts can be experienced together as one event or as separate productions and do not need to be seen in chronological order.

    From the Tricycle Theatre in London, The Great Game: Afghanistan isa unique three part theatrical event exploring the culture and history of Afghanistan since Western involvement in 1842 to the present day. Performances in New York begin December 1, produced by The Public Theater in association with NYU Skirball Center.
    Browse this website for more information about The Great Game: Afghanistan and special events surrounding the New York run.


    THE GREAT GAME: AFGHANISTAN
    Off-Broadway, Political Arts and Theatre

    December 01 to December 19




    566 LaGuardia Place

    New York, NY 10012
    212 352 3101

    Directed by Nicolas Kent
    The Public Theater

    By Richard Bean, Lee Blessing, David Edgar, David Greig, Amit Gupta, Ron Hutchinson, Stephen Jeffreys, Abi Morgan, Ben Ockrent, Simon Stephens, Colin Teevan, and Joy Wilkinson Directed by Nicolas Kent and Indhu Rubasingham
    Presented in association with NYU Skirball Center
    Supported by the British Council

    Through the eyes of 12 leading British and American playwrights and the voices of those actively involved in the war and on U.S. & NATO policy in Afghanistan, The Tricycle Theatre Company’s THE GREAT GAME: AFGHANISTAN explores, in three separate thrilling and provocative evenings, the culture and history of Afghanistan since Western involvement in 1842 to the present day.

    All three parts can be seen separately and do not need to be experienced in chronological order. This ambitious political and theatrical event was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement and was proclaimed “an inspirational highlight of the year!” by The Independent.
    Tickets are on sale now: http://thegreatgameonstage.org/

    "O Pakhtuns!, Your house has fallen into ruin, let us rebuild it".
    "I want to see my people educated and enlightened. A people with a vision and a strong sense of justice, who can carve out a future for themselves in harmony with nature".
    Tags: afghanistan, game, great
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    I am definitely going to attend.
    Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.

    A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai

    For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."


    The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!

    -Ferishta, 1560–1620

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