Modern and Contemporary Political Theater from the Levant : : A Critical Anthology / / Nada Saab, Robert Myers.
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 the...
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden,, Boston : : BRILL,, 2019. |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (388 pages). |
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Other title: | Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- A Note on the Translation, Transliteration and Performing Rights -- Introduction 1 / 1 ʿIsam Mahfuz 28 / 2 Muhammad al-Maghut 103 / 3 Saʿd Allah Wannus 188 / 4 Jawad al-Asadi 298 / 5 Raʾida Taha 331 / Index 375 -- Back Matter -- Bibliography. |
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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. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9004385835 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Nada Saab, Robert Myers. |