Modern Arabic Drama in Egypt
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 6, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780521020732
Subjects: Literature: Texts; Plays; Drama; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Comedy; General; Arabic drama--Egypt--History and criticism; Arabic drama--Egypt--History and criticism Ar; Drama / Continental European; Drama-General; Performing Arts / Comedy
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.