Kabul (play)

Kabul
Written by	Ron Blair
Characters	Sir John Keane Alexandria Sale Sir William Macnaughten Akbar Khan Shah Shujah Lady Sale General William Elphinstone William Brydon
Date premiered	May 31, 1973 (1973-05-31)
Place premiered	University of NSW, Old Tote Parade Theatre
Original language	English
Subject	1842 retreat from Kabul
Setting	Afghanistan

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. "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.

External links

• Kabul at Ausstage