Doomed by hope : essays on Arab theatre / Eyad Houssami, Masrah Ensemble ; foreword by Elias Khoury.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Houssami, Eyad.

Ensemble, Masrah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performing arts--Arab countries.

Performing arts.

Theater--Arab countries.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Pluto Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The dramatic, political history of contemporary Arab theatre.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword: Hope Arising from Despair - Elias Khoury

List of Plates

1. Introduction - Eyad Houssami

2. Refugees on the Syrian Stage: Soirée for the 5th of June - Edward Ziter

3. Saadallah Wannous in Palestine: On and Offstage Performances and Pedagogies - Rania Jawad

4. Performance through the Egyptian Revolution: Stories from Tahrir - Dalia Basiouny

5. Three Egyptian Plays in the Wake of the January Revolution - Samia Habib

6. Staging a Protest: Socio-Political Critique in Contemporary Yemeni Theatre - Katherine Hennessey

7. The Legacy of Saadallah Wannous and 'Soirée for the 5th of June' amidst the Arab Revolts - Asaad Al-Saleh

8. Emerging Playwrights in Syria - Meisoun Ali

9. Practicing Theatre and Playwriting in Damascus - Abdullah Al Kafri

10. '12 Angry Lebanese' in Roumieh Prison - Zeina Daccache

11. What has Slipped Away is So Far, and What is Yet to Come So Close - Rabih Mroué

12. Shakespeare, Global Debris, and International Political Theatre - Sulayman Al Bassam

13. The Things I am Afraid to Tell You: Performing Palestine in Diaspora - Joseph Shahadi

14. Doomed by "Dialogue," Saved by Curiosity? Post-9/11 Arab Performances under American Eyes - Margaret Litvin

15. Remembering Saadallah Wannous - Jawad Al Asadi

Contributor Biographies.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781849648295

1849648298

OCLC:

824733534