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Doomed by hope : essays on Arab theatre / Eyad Houssami, Masrah Ensemble ; foreword by Elias Khoury.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Pluto Press, 2012Description: xvi, 189 pages; 24cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1849648298
  • 9781849648295
  • 9781849648295
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 792.0956 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1589.A65 H68 2012
Online resources:
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.
In: Academic LibrarySummary: A beautifully presented collection of essays by writers and artists which traces the history of contemporary Arab theatre.
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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.

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