Poetics, Politics and Protest in Arab Theatre The Bitter Cup and the Holy Rain

Name: Poetics, Politics and Protest in Arab Theatre The Bitter Cup and the Holy Rain
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ISBN: 9781845191061

ISBN-10: 1845191064

ISBN-13: 9781845191061

Edition: 2006

Authors: Masud Hamdan

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Writing from a socio-historical point of view, the author surveys and discusses the popular theatrical phenomena in the Arab world from the Hellenic period to the beginning of the 21st century. He notes the Eastern carnivalesque folk sources and the tendency toward comedy rather than tragedy.

Book details

List price: $150.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Publication date: 1/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 189
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Theatrical Genres and the Carnivalesque: Art of the Theatre


Theatre in the Arab World: The Historical Background


The Early Comedies of Durayd Lahham and Nihad Qal'i: Birth Pangs of Late Satire


When a Gay Rogue Grows to be a Tragic Fool: The Carnivalesque Satires


Index