Palestinian National Theatre

The Palestinian National Theatre or El-Hakawati Theatre (Arabic: المسرح الوطني الفلسطيني) is a Palestinian-owned theatre in Jerusalem's American Colony neighbourhood, near New Orient House. established on May 9th 1984 by the El-Hakawati theatre troupe.the most notable of its founders are Radi Shhadah and François Abou Salem In 1989, guest performance by the El-Hakawati Theatre at The Public Theater, New York City, was cancelled by Joseph Papp, as he said that he was afraid that the play would ""offend" Jews who "constitute a high proportion of the theater audience in any city, but especially in New York."" == History and general information == The PNT was founded by the Palestinian El-Hakawati Theatre Company.

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