The Beekeeper of Aleppo: Dramatizing Syrian civil war strife
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This month, Nottingham Playhouse is showcasing an adapted play of Christy Lefteri’s international bestseller book, The Beekeeper of Aleppo. The play is directed by the Olivier Award-winning Miranda Cromwell and has been adapted by Nesrin Alrefaai, Visiting Fellow and Arabic Content Editor at the London School of Economics Middle East Centre, and Matthew Spangler, playwright and professor of performance studies at San José State University, who previously adapted the Kite Runner (authored by Khaled Hosseini) play first premiered in 2009. “Once upon a time, it was the Afghans and Iraqis…Who kn…