Before the Millennium
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2025
Methuen Drama (Verlag)
978-1-350-61405-5 (ISBN)
Methuen Drama (Verlag)
978-1-350-61405-5 (ISBN)
Before the Millennium is a lyrical new play from award-winning playwright, Karim Khan – charting the joys of a life-changing friendship, the icy bitterness of homesickness and the sacrifice of migration.
A snowwoman from Pakistan – full of songs, hopes, and dreams…
As the final days of 1999 draw near, Pakistani migrants, Zoya and Iqra, work side by side in Woolworth’s Oxford Cowley branch – anxious and excited for what’s to come in the new millennium. At their Christmas staff party, the pair encounter a mysterious new girl – Faiza – who threatens to alter everything they thought they knew about their friendship and their future.
Magical, tender and quietly radical, Before the Millennium is a lyrical new play from award-winning playwright,
Karim Khan – charting the joys of a lifechanging friendship, the icy bitterness of homesickness and the sacrifice of migration.
This edition was published to coincide with the production at Old Fire Station, Oxford, in December 2025.
A snowwoman from Pakistan – full of songs, hopes, and dreams…
As the final days of 1999 draw near, Pakistani migrants, Zoya and Iqra, work side by side in Woolworth’s Oxford Cowley branch – anxious and excited for what’s to come in the new millennium. At their Christmas staff party, the pair encounter a mysterious new girl – Faiza – who threatens to alter everything they thought they knew about their friendship and their future.
Magical, tender and quietly radical, Before the Millennium is a lyrical new play from award-winning playwright,
Karim Khan – charting the joys of a lifechanging friendship, the icy bitterness of homesickness and the sacrifice of migration.
This edition was published to coincide with the production at Old Fire Station, Oxford, in December 2025.
Karim Khan is an Oxford-based playwright and screenwriter. His award-winning play Brown Boys Swim was a sell-out hit at the Edinburgh Fringe before transferring to Soho Theatre and touring nationally. He is currently developing new work with the Royal Court, National Theatre and Soho Theatre, and recently wrote for All Creatures Great and Small, winning Best Debut at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.12.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Modern Plays |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 128 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 108 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-61405-X / 135061405X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-61405-5 / 9781350614055 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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