Modern and contemporary political theater from the Levant : a critical anthology / by Robert Myers, Nada Saab.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Myers, Robert (Professor of English), author.

Saab, Nada, author.

Series:

Studies on performing arts & literature of the Islamicate world ; v. 7.

Studies on performing arts & literature of the Islamicate world ; volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political plays, Arabic--Middle East--History and criticism.

Political plays, Arabic.

Political plays, Arabic--Middle East--Translations into English.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

viii, 378 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

"In Modern and Contemporary Political Theater from the Levant, A Critical Anthology, Robert Myers and Nada Saab provide a sense of the variety and complexity of political theater produced in and around the Levant from the 1960s to the present within a context of wider discussions about political theater and the histories and forms of performance from the Islamic and Arab worlds. Five major playwrights are studied, Īsam Mahfuz, from Lebanon; Muhammad al-Maghut and Sād Allah Wannus, from Syria; Jawad al-Asadi, from Iraq, Syria and Lebanon; and Rāida Taha, from Palestine. The volume includes translations of their plays The Dictator, The Jester, The Rape, Baghdadi Bath and Where Would I Find Someone Like You, Āli?, respectively"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Īsam Mahfuz: The dictator

Muhammad al-Maghut: The jester

Sād Allah Wannus: The rape

Jawad al-Asadi: Baghdadi bath

Rāida Taha: Where would I find someone like you, Āli?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Myers, Robert (Professor of English), author. Modern and contemporary political theater from the Levant

ISBN:

9789004375369

9004375368

OCLC:

1079411772