Abdullah Al-Saadawi
# Abdullah Al-Saadawi

Abdullah al-Saadawi (Arabic: عبد الله السعداوي; born 1948) is a Bahraini actor, director, and playwright.

He won the Directing Award at the Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre for his production of the play الكمامة (“The Gag”). He is a founding member of several regional theatre companies, including Al-Sawari Theatre in Bahrain, the Al-Sadd Theatre in Qatar, and the Sharjah National Theatre in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Al-Saadawi's debut in theatre came in the mid-1960s, when his play, الحمار ومصقلة الإعدام (“The Donkey and the Pallet Execution”), was directed by Jamal al-Saqr with some edits by the latter as مؤلف ضاع في نفسه (“A Writer Lost in Himself”). Soon afterwards, he helped the People's Union Theatre produce its first play in his native Muharraq, a production of (“Antigone”).

## Career

Theater career and filmography :

| Title | Type | Role in production | Theatre company | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| مؤلف ضاع في نفسه | Play | Writer | | 1964 |
| Antigone | Play | Actor | People's Union Theatre | 1970 |
| بيت ألاشباح | Play | Actor | Al-Sadd Theatre | 1973 |
| خلود | Play | Actor | Al-Sadd Theatre | 1974 |
| علتنا فينا | Play | Actor | Al-Sadd Theatre | 1974 |
| الفريج | Play | Actor | Sharjah National Theatre | 1975 |
| المشنقة | Play | Director | Sharjah National Theatre | 1978 |
| خبز خبزت إكلة | Play | Director | Karzakan Sports Club | 1986 |
| سكوريال | Play | Director | Al-Sawari Theatre | 1993 |
| الكمامة | Play | Director | Al-Sawari Theatre | 1994 |
| الرهائن | Play | Director | Al-Sawari Theatre | 1995 |
| Rashdan's Wedding Night | Play | Actor | Awal Theatre | 1997 |
| The Good Word | TV series | Actor | Bahrain TV | 1997 |
| الطفل البريء | Play | Director | Al-Sawari Theatre | 1999 |
| Good Citizen | Play | Director | Bahrain TV | 2003 |
| ابني المتعصب | Play | Director | Al-Sawari Theatre | 2003 |
| The Tree Whose Leaves Are Stolen | Film | Director | | 2004 |
| Dust | Film | Director | | 2008 |
| أين الطريق | TV series | Actor | Qatar Television | 2008 |
| A Second Sky | TV series | Actor | Sabah Pictures | 2011 |
