Doomed by hope : essays on Arab theatre /
Houssami, Eyad
Doomed by hope : essays on Arab theatre / Eyad Houssami, Masrah Ensemble ; foreword by Elias Khoury. - xvi, 189 pages; 24cm
P.B P.B
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
A beautifully presented collection of essays by writers and artists which traces the history of contemporary Arab theatre.
1849648298 9781849648295 9781849648295
ebc3386697
22573/ctt183h8db JSTOR
016242132 Uk 017941175 Uk
Performing arts--Arab countries.
Theater--Arab countries.
PERFORMING ARTS--Theater--History & Criticism.
Performing arts.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
Theater.
Arab countries.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PN1589.A65 / H68 2012
792.0956
Doomed by hope : essays on Arab theatre / Eyad Houssami, Masrah Ensemble ; foreword by Elias Khoury. - xvi, 189 pages; 24cm
P.B P.B
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
A beautifully presented collection of essays by writers and artists which traces the history of contemporary Arab theatre.
1849648298 9781849648295 9781849648295
ebc3386697
22573/ctt183h8db JSTOR
016242132 Uk 017941175 Uk
Performing arts--Arab countries.
Theater--Arab countries.
PERFORMING ARTS--Theater--History & Criticism.
Performing arts.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
Theater.
Arab countries.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PN1589.A65 / H68 2012
792.0956