
In a small town in Syria soldiers are celebrated as heroes & grieving families are nourished on propaganda As coffins pile up a local party leader decides on a radical compensation scheme a goat for each son martyred Developed as part of the Royal Court International Department's long-term project with writers from Syria & Lebanon Goats is a major new work by Syrian playwright & documentary film-maker Liwaa Yazj translated by Katharine Halls The play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre London in 2017