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Come, oh
you patients, broken or whole, awake or asleep, hot with fever or cold with
fear... and hear the amazing story of the boy in Bed # 12. While the doctors
were out and while you were all crying aakkhhh and eekkhhh he
whispered his story to me.
Come, oh
students of Hebron... and hear the amazing story of Hameed... the boy with a
difficult life... the boy with imagination.... the boy who reinvents his life so
that it becomes bearable.
"Bed #
12"is inspired by the characters and the situations from 6 stories of
Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani. These stories are: The Death of Bed # 12;
The Cake Vendor; In My Funeral; The Vipers Thirst; Eight Minutes; and Pearls on
the Sidewalk.
The
Actors
Hameed (Bed
11) - Abdel Razeq Abu Mayzar
Ghassan
(Bed 10) - Hamdi Al Muhtasib
Doctor -
Samih Natsche
The Teacher
- Ala Al Barbarawi
Naim (Bed
14) - Fadi Fanoun
Abu Naim,
the Drummer - Farraj Al Muhtasib
Mohammed
Ali Akbar (Bed 12) - Shihab Zahdeh
Taysir (Bed
13) - Yusef Sa’ed
The Man
without His Keys - Annan Al Barbarawi
The Boy
with the Stomach Ache (Bed 9) - Rashad Al Kuwasmi
The Team
Directed by
Ihab Zahdeh
Assistant
Director - Mohammed Titi
Adapted for
the Stage by Jackie Lubeck (based on 6 stories by Ghassan Kanafani)
Translated
by Amer Khalil & Pauline Nunu
Music
Selected by Ihab Zahdeh & Hamam Amr
Design by
Jackie Lubeck
Technician
- Hamam Amr
Hebron
Administration - Janan Shabani
The Boys
in the Play
The 10 boys
acting in "Bed # 12" come from Halhoul and Hebron. They are between the ages of
11- 17 years old. Their interest in theatre began when they participated in a
drama workshop and decided that they wanted to continue to make a play. The
Hebron boys all go to Ibn Rushd School. The school is known to be difficult: it
is an old school, there is no hall, and there were problems with the former
headmaster which created a troublesome environment among the students. It was
the new headmaster whom we approached and he organized 17 students to
participate in the preparation phase of the work. Of the 17, there were 7 who
continued with the rehearsals and performances. Regarding the Halhoul boys,
these are 3 boys who saw TDP’s production of "The Walking Boy" during school.
After the performance they told Ihab that they wanted to be in a play. When Ihab
started the preparation, he called these 3 kids from Halhoul and they joined. Of
these 3, all stayed for the rehearsals and performances.
The Parents
of the Boys in the Play
It was the opening! The young players had been
working for over 3 months. Their parents could not imagine what it was that was
keeping their kids away from television and keeping them so very busy adjusting
their school studies with this ‘other’ program. What was going on that was so
very demanding?! For the opening show, half the audience was youth and the other
half was their parents and relatives. At the end of the show, we knew that the
parents finally understood what it was all about. It was not only the roar of
applause but the total appreciation of the gift given to them by their children.
They understood the value of the work.
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