TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ḥamdān,Masʻūd
TI  - Poetics, politics and protest in Arab theatre: the bitter cup and the holy rain 
SN  - 1845191064
AV  - PJ8101 .H355 2006
U1  - 892.7/2009358/095691 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Brighton [England], Portland, Or.
PB  - Sussex Academic Press
KW  - Arabic drama
KW  - Syria
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Political plays, Arabic
KW  - Théâtre syrien
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - Politisches Theater
KW  - Toneel
KW  - Politieke aspecten
KW  - Syrien
KW  - Midden-Oosten
KW  - Arabisch
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - P.B; P.B; Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-183) and index; 1. Theatrical genres and the carnivalesque : art of the theatre -- 2. Theatre in the Arab World : the historical background -- 3. The early comedies of Durayd Lahham and Nihad Qal'i : birth pangs of late satire -- 4. When a gay rogue grows to be a tragic fool : the carnivalesque satires
N2  - Writing from a socio-historical point of view, the author surveys and discusses the popular theatrical phenomena in the Arab world from the Hellenic period to the beginning of the 21st century. He notes the Eastern carnivalesque folk sources and the tendency toward comedy rather than tragedy
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0514/2005017691.html
ER  -