Modern and Contemporary Political Theater from the Levant : A Critical Anthology / Nada Saab, Robert Myers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saab, Nada.

Myers, Robert, author.

Series:

Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World 07.

Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World ; v. 07

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic drama.

Islamic drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 pages).

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, ʿIsam Mahfuz, from Lebanon; Muhammad al-Maghut and Saʿd Allah Wannus, from Syria; Jawad al-Asadi, from Iraq, Syria and Lebanon; and Raʾida 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, ʿAli? , respectively.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Acknowledgements

Figures

A Note on the Translation, Transliteration and Performing Rights

Introduction 1 / Robert Myers and Nada Saab

1 ʿIsam Mahfuz 28 / Robert Myers and Nada Saab

2 Muhammad al-Maghut 103 / Robert Myers and Nada Saab

3 Saʿd Allah Wannus 188 / Robert Myers and Nada Saab

4 Jawad al-Asadi 298 / Robert Myers and Nada Saab

5 Ra⁠ʾida Taha 331 / Robert Myers and Nada Saab

Index 375

Back Matter

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-38583-5

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004385832 DOI