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Venue	Old Vic Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	21st November 2005
To	21st November 2005
Old Vic Theatre (V402)
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The Soldier's Tale

Work:: The Soldier's Tale (S92073047)

A memorable distillation of the Faust legend. A soldier returning home meets the Devil and swaps his violin (his soul) for a book that allegedly holds the key to wealth and success.

Music

Stravinsky

Production:: (T2133589022)

This new Arabic/English translation of The Soldier's Tale will premiere in Baghdad this autumn prior to its West End opening, and in order to reach as wide an audience as possible the company will tour to Paris, Berlin and New York.

Producer	Motion Group
Producer	National Theatre of Iraq
Producer	Old Vic
Translation	Abdul Karim Kasid
Translation	Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Translation	Jeremy Sams
Director	Andrew Steggall
Conductor	Robin O'Neill
Music	Ahmed Mukhtar (additional Iraqi and Arabic music)
Design	Jon Bausor
Lighting	Paule Constable
Lighting	Jon Clark
Sound	Christopher Shutt
Performer	Julian Glover
Performer	Shakir Hassan Zamil (musician)
Performer	Sattar Al Saadi (musician)
Performer	Alaa Rasheed
Performer	Falaah Al Fayeh
Performer	Dhiaa Al Ouda
Performer	Martin Marquez
Performer	Ciaran McMenamin

Listing:: L1027969969

Production details

This new Arabic/English translation of The Soldier's Tale will premiere in Baghdad this autumn prior to its West End opening, and in order to reach as wide an audience as possible the company will tour to Paris, Berlin and New York.

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