Recently Released … New Play by Joan Jan

The Ministry of Culture, the Syrian General Authority for Book, the Children’s Publications have released a new play entitled “Do Re, Me, Abjad Hawaz” by the playwright Joan Jan, the editor-in-chief of the Theatrical Life periodical magazine, which contains sixty pages of medium size.

The author says that the play talks about a kingdom threatened by a group of trolls that want to break into the kingdom, destroy it and displace its people. The three sons of the king try to confront them, each in his own way, but they fail because each of them has his own opinion and does not consult with the other. A girl arrives from another kingdom to buy medicine for her sick mother. She offers her help to the king to get rid of the trolls through dialogue  and music.She succeeds in her work, and the trolls are expelled from the city.

Through the play, the writer wanted to convey the idea that with literature and art, we can overcome all the difficulties that may hinder our life.

Amal Farhat