BIOGRAPHY

Hannah Khalil

Hannah Khalil was the 2022 Resident Writer at Shakespeare’s Globe and her work for the Globe includes Hakawatis (2022), Henry VIII (2022), The Fir Tree (2021 and 2022).

Previous work for stage includes her original play, A Museum in Baghdad, which premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre in 2019 directed by Erica Whyman, Interference for The National Theatre of Scotland, The Scar Test for Soho Theatre and Scenes from 68* Years for the Arcola. Her work is published by Methuen.

Hannah has also written numerous radio plays, including The Unwelcome, Last of the Pearl Fishers and The Deportation Room all for BBC Radio 4. Television work includes multiple episodes of the Channel 4 drama Hollyoaks. Her short film script, The Record, won the Tommy Vine screenplay award at the Underwire film festival, and the finished film was selected for the London Palestine Film Festival.

Hannah held the Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies at Villanova University in 2021 and she was a Creative Fellow of the Samuel Beckett Archive for 2021/2022. In 2022 she was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is currently under commission to the Young Vic, The Orange Tree, Tamasha Theatre, BBC Radio Drama and the RSC.