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In a small town in Syria, soldiers are celebrated as heroes and grieving families are nourished on propaganda.
As coffins pile up, a local party leader decides on a radical compensation scheme: a goat for each son martyred.
Developed as part of the Royal Court International Department’s long-term project with writers from Syria and Lebanon, the play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London in 2017.
Price: $20.95
Pages: 160
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Publication Date:
08 May 2018
Trim Size: 7.75 X 5.00 in
ISBN: 9781848427204
Format: Paperback
“Disturbing, bitterly funny and caustically angry... a painful and original piece about the terrible price of conflict and oppression.” --Financial Times
Liwaa Yazji is a Syrian playwright, filmmaker, screenwriter and poet. She was born in Moscow and grew up in Damascus. Her plays include Goats (Royal Court, 2017). She has published a volume of poetry, Peacefully We Leave Home, and was resident poet at Poets House, New York, in 2015 where her book Three Poems was published in English.