num_pages: 260
description: This book is the first critical survey of modern Egyptian drama during the period of its maturity from the 1930s to the present day. A discussion of the work of Tawfiq al-Hakim is followed by an examination of the less experimental plays of his successors, Mahmud Taymur, Bakathir and Fathi Radwan.
language: English
title: Modern Arabic Drama in Egypt
titlecomplete: Modern Arabic Drama in Egypt
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Cambridge University Press