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.