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Guantanamo

Honor Bound to Defend Freedom'

Victoria Brittain author Gillian Slovo author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:1st Apr '05

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

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Produced to great acclaim at London's Tricyle Theatre, known for its politically-charged docudramas. After sold-out run, moved to West End. New York production at Culture Project, late Summer 2004

A verbatim play based on the letters and interviews with Guantanamo Bay prisoners, this play is deeply shocking as well as deeply moving."""I don't know what crime I am supposed to have committed for which not only I but my wife and children should continually suffer."" - British detainee Moazzam Begg This verbatim play, drawn from letters and interviews from Guantanamo Bay prisoners, their lawyers and relatives, weaves together personal stories, legal opinion and political debate. Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom looks at the questions surrounding the detentions in Guantanamo Bay, and asks how much damage is being done to Western democratic values during the 'war on terror'."

""It is the cool, calm objectivity of this documentary drama that makes it so powerful and shocking - The British theatre - indeed, every Briton - should be proud of this play." - Sunday Times "shocking and often deeply moving" - Daily Telegraph This is politically motivated theatre of a serious, noble sort. I left the theatre in a blaze of anger, shame and sadness." - Evening Standard "

ISBN: 9781840024746

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64 pages