Palace of the End

Palace of the End is a play by Judith Thompson, that consists of three monologues telling tales related to Iraq before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The first two are based on real people Lynndie England and David Kelly and the third is fictional.[1] Palace of the End was published in 2007 by Playwrights Canada Press.

The play ran in Los Angeles in 2007, at Canadian Stage Company in Toronto in 2008,[2] at Playwrights Horizons in New York in 2008[3] at the Frank Theatre Studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2009[4] and at the Arcola Theatre in London in 2010.[1] It won the 2007–08 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize[5] and the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Awards at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[6]

  1. ^ a b Michael, Billington (November 2, 2010). "Palace of the End – review". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Judith Thompson's Palace of the End Looks at Iraq War", Playbill, January 14, 2008
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference tm was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Huyck, Ed. Palace of the End takes us deep into the horrors of Iraq", MinnPost, October 2, 2009
  5. ^ Orel, Gwen. "Palace of the End", Backstage, March 25, 2013
  6. ^ McMillan, Joyce (August 27, 2015). "Amnesty theatre award celebrates voices of unheard". The Scotsman. Retrieved 9 June 2023.