humana fest 2012 review: the hour of feeling

writer: mona mansour
director: mark wing-davey
summary: a young palestinian man (adham) who recently received his doctorate in english romantic poetry meets some bumpkin broad (abir), quickly marries her and then the couple moves to london where a prestigious university has asked him to give a lecture.  the lecture is a success but abir speaks no english and doesn't fit in well in the company of academia so their marriage struggles almost immediately.  war breaks out in the middle east and adham must choose whether to stay and pursue his career or return home with his wife
grade: a-
comments: i thought the play was engaging, very well written and did a good job of mixing in comedy with the drama.  i was very impressed with how the way the writer tied events from the beginning of the play and discussions of poetry between adham and his colleagues with the final scene