Poetics, politics and protest in Arab theatre
Subtitle: the bitter cup and the holy rain
By: Mas'ud Hamdan.
Publisher: Sussex Academic Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Brighton ; Portland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Arabic drama -- Syria -- History and criticism.; Political plays, Arabic -- Syria -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Theatrical genres and the carnivalesque: art of the theatre; title: 2. Theatre in the Arab World: the historical background; title: 3. The early comedies of Durayd Lahham and Nihad Qal'i: birth pangs of late satire; title: 4. When a gay rogue grows to be a tragic fool: the carnivalesque satires.