 Afghanistan was going to be the challenge for
western foreign policy for the next decade, yet in early 2008 there was not
much reporting of it, and no artistic response to the war except for The Kite
Runner.

I knew little about Afghanistan, but was determined to find out more. After
talking to playwrights, a plan evolved. The project became a day-long
immersion, 12 half-hour plays interspersed with verbatim interviews from
politicians, journalists and soldiers, taking the audience on a journey from
the first Anglo-Afghan wars to independence; from the Russian invasion to the
CIA arming of the Mujahideen; from the rise of the Taliban to Operation
Enduring Freedom.

In April 2009, The Great Game opened at the Tricycle theatre in London, and
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