Afternoon Play - Arabian Afternoons - A Dish of Pomegranates

A Dish of Pomegranates by Peter Jukes The third in a series of plays inspired by stories from the Arabian Nights. Shared roots and scattered families in the melting pot of modern Jerusalem. Tired after a stressful trip, Ajib is stopped by security officers as he tries to fly out of Ben Gurion airport on his way home to the U.S. They don't think his story adds up. Can he make them believe him? And does he actually know the whole story himself? Shahrazad .......................SIRINE SABA Shahrayar/Vardan.............KEVORK MALIKYAN Ajib.................................WILLIAM EL-GARDI Orit..................................BETSABEH EMRAN Rafi..................................ZUBIN VARLA Howard.............................ALLAN CORDUNER Julia.................................KEELY BERESFORD CafÃ(c) Owner.......................STEFAN KALIPHA Tawfik/Trader 2..................MOZAFFAR SHAFEIE Flight Attendant/Trader 1....DAVID SEDDON Protestor...........................RUFUS WRIGHT Directed by Mary Peate The Story: A Dish of Pomegranates is loosely based on the story of "The Two Viziers" in which two brothers have a terrible argument and one leaves home forever. Years later and miles away, their grandson is magically drawn to his long-lost father through the power of a pomegranate dish only his father can make, and the family is reunited. The Writer: Peter Jukes is an author and screenwriter who has written books, articles, radio and TV scripts, including Waking the Dead, Sea of Souls, In Deep (En immersion) and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. Recent radio includes the very well received BAD FAITH starring Lenny Henry, SOUL MOTEL and SLAVERY: THE MAKING OF.