In the second, in 1908 Persia, the British have just begun mining oil, and Amy is a sprightly eight-year-old. Hickson sets each of her five acts in a different era, with an evolving oil dependence. The same mother, May (Brook Satchwell) and daughter Amy (Charlotte Friels) inhabit each era, with Amy simultaneously a spinning metaphor for oil. It happens with alcohol, drugs, food, gambling, shopping and even fossil fuels. Act Three is in 1970 England, and Amy is an unruly teen, just as Gaddafi’s Libya is bucking against British oil exploitation.

Source: Libya Today November 10, 2023 02:32 UTC