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Doomed by hope : essays on Arab theatre /
A beautifully presented collection of essays by writers and artists which traces the history of contemporary Arab theatre.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Pluto Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword: Hope Arising from Despair
- Elias Khoury
- List of Plates
- 1. Introduction
- Eyad Houssami
- 2. Refugees on the Syrian Stage: Soirée for the 5th of June
- Edward Ziter
- 3. Saadallah Wannous in Palestine: On and Offstage Performances and Pedagogies
- Rania Jawad
- 4. Performance through the Egyptian Revolution: Stories from Tahrir
- Dalia Basiouny
- 5. Three Egyptian Plays in the Wake of the January Revolution
- Samia Habib
- 6. Staging a Protest: Socio-Political Critique in Contemporary Yemeni Theatre
- Katherine Hennessey
- 7. The Legacy of Saadallah Wannous and 'Soirée for the 5th of June' amidst the Arab Revolts
- Asaad Al-Saleh
- 8. Emerging Playwrights in Syria
- Meisoun Ali
- 9. Practicing Theatre and Playwriting in Damascus
- Abdullah Al Kafri
- 10. '12 Angry Lebanese' in Roumieh Prison
- Zeina Daccache
- 11. What has Slipped Away is So Far, and What is Yet to Come So Close
- Rabih Mroué
- 12. Shakespeare, Global Debris, and International Political Theatre
- Sulayman Al Bassam
- 13. The Things I am Afraid to Tell You: Performing Palestine in Diaspora
- Joseph Shahadi
- 14. Doomed by "Dialogue," Saved by Curiosity? Post-9/11 Arab Performances under American Eyes
- Margaret Litvin
- 15. Remembering Saadallah Wannous
- Jawad Al Asadi
- Contributor Biographies.