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Why the BBC International Playwriting Competition really matters

26 January 2019

9:00 AM

26 January 2019

9:00 AM

We don’t know whether ‘Aziz H’ listened to radio plays as he grew up in Yemen. In fact we don’t even know his real name, nor what he looks like. He was unable to get the visa that would have allowed him to come to London to receive his prize as one of the winners in this year’s BBC World Service/British Council International Playwriting Competition.

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