Modern Arabic Drama in Egypt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 29, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780521242226
Subjects: Plays & playwrights: from c 1900 -; General; Arabic Literature; Drama; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Arabic; Performing Arts/Dance; Plays; Arabian peninsula; Saudi Arabia; History and criticism; Comedy; Arabic drama--Egypt--History and criticism; Drama / Continental European; Drama : General; Performing Arts / Comedy; Outlet; Arabic drama; 20th century; Egypt
First sentence: It is an established fact that modern Arabic drama was borrowed from the West independently by Marun al-Naqqash in the Lebanon in 1847 and by Ya'qub Sannu' in Egypt in 1870.