First published in 2007 by Oberon Books Ltd
Electronic edition published in 2012

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Baghdad Wedding © copyright Hassan Abdulrazzak 2007

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Cover photograph by Bryon Fear

PB ISBN: 978-1-84002-783-9
E ISBN: 978-1-8494-3778-3

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Characters

Act One

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

Scene 4

Scene 5

Scene 6

Scene 7

Scene 8

Scene 9

Scene 10

Scene 11

Scene 12

Scene 13

Scene 14

Act Two

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

Scene 4

Scene 5

Scene 6

Scene 7

Scene 8

Scene 9

Scene 10

Scene 11

Scene 12

Iraq Timeline

For my parents

Saad Abdulrazzak Hussain and Munira Kamil Albayaty

Soho Theatre and Akbar Kurtha present

Baghdad Wedding
by Hassan Abdulrazzak

First performed at Soho Theatre on 28 June 2007

Kathum	Silas Carson
Ibraheem / Boothe	Emilio Doorgasingh
Melissa	Annie Hemingway
Yasser / Sayef	Cosh Omar
Salim	Matt Rawle
Luma	Sirine Saba
Marwan	Nitzan Sharron
Omar / Nadir	Rohan Siva

Director	Lisa Goldman
Designer & Costume Designer	Jon Bausor
Lighting Designer	Jenny Kagan
Sound Designer	Matt McKenzie
Assistant Director	Will Mortimer
Fight Director	Brett Yount
Dialect Coach	William Conacher
Composer	Keith Clouston
Percussion & Dance	Tim Garside
Production Manager	Matt Noddings
Stage Manager	Dani Youngman
Deputy Stage Manager	Fiona Proffitt
Assistant Stage Manager	Natasha Emma Jones
Wardrobe Supervisor	Sallyann Dicksee
Casting	Nadine Hoare

Head Technician	Nick Blount
Head of Lighting...