Houssami, Eyad <br/><br/>
Doomed by hope :  essays on Arab theatre / 
Eyad Houssami, Masrah Ensemble ; foreword by Elias Khoury. 
 - xvi, 189 pages;   24cm 
<br/><br/>P.B P.B 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> A beautifully presented collection of essays by writers and artists which traces the history of contemporary Arab theatre. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1849648298 9781849648295 9781849648295 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>ebc3386697 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctt183h8db  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016242132  Uk 017941175  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Performing arts--Arab countries.<br/>Theater--Arab countries.<br/>PERFORMING ARTS--Theater--History & Criticism.<br/>Performing arts.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.<br/>Theater.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Arab countries.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic book.<br/>Electronic books.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1589.A65  / H68 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>792.0956