The theatres of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
Subtitle: performance traditions of the Maghreb
By: Khalid Amine and Marvin Carlson
Contributors: Carlson, Marvin A., 1935-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230278745
Subjects: Performing arts; Theater; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism; History and criticism; Arabic drama; History
Other titles: Theaters of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
Description: "Modern international studies of world theatre and drama have begun to acknowledge the Arab world only after the contributions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Within the Arab world, the contributions of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco to modern drama and to post-colonial expression remain especially neglected, a problem that this book addresses"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: List of Illustrations; title: Introduction; title: PART I: THE PRE-COLONIAL MAGHREB; title: The Roman Maghreb; title: Orature; title: The Halqa; title: Shadow Plays and Costumed Performers; title: Carnival and Ritual Performance; title: PART II: COLONIAL THEATRE IN THE MAGHREB; title: Nineteenth Century European Theatres; title: The First Arab Performances; title: The Developing Maghreb Stage; title: The Theatre of Resistance; title: Islam and the Colonial Stage; title: From the Second World War to Independence; title: PART III: POST COLONIAL THEATRE IN THE MAGHREB; title: The Early Theatres of Independence, 1956-1970; title: Developing National Traditions, 1970-1990; title: Entering a New Century, 1990-2010; title: Conclusion.