Homebody/Kabul Book

Intensely topical major work from author of Angels in America - premiering at Young Vic directed by Declan Donnellan The 'Homebody', a bored, emotionally imprisoned but wildly intellectual Englishwoman, finds escape in the alternate world of Afghanistan, which she exoticizes in her mind's eye with the help of an out-of-date tourist guide book. Then the Homebody's mysterious disappearance prompts a search by her ineffectual husband and her emotionally detached daughter, who arrive in Kabul unprepared for the adventures that await them. In their quest for truth, the distinctions between the real and the unreal, the political and the personal, the psychological and the sociological become artfully ambiguous. British premiere: Young Vic, London, 22 May 2002, directed by Declan Donnellan and starring Kika Markham, for whom the role was written.Read More