Islamic drama / / Jamshid Malekpour

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784085303321
• Autore: Malekpour Jamshid
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Routledge, 2004; Ipswich, : Ebsco Publishing [distributor]
• ISBN: 1-135-75622-8; 1-135-75623-6; 9786610281435; 1-280-28143-X; 0-203-50426-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (173 pages)
• Disciplina: 891/.5520516
• Soggetti: Taʻziyah - History and criticism; Persian drama - History and criticism; Iranian drama - History and criticism; Islamic drama - Iran - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-180) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; Introduction; 1 Iran, the Birthplace of the Ta'ziyeh; 2 Islam and the Ta'ziyeh; 3 The Origin and Development of the Ta'ziyeh; 4 Ta'ziyeh Plays; 5 The Ta'ziyeh in Performance; 6 The Ta'ziyeh in the Islamic World; 7 The Ta'ziyeh Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Appendix: Collections of the Ta'ziyeh; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Described by the distinguished theatre director Peter Brook as 'a very powerful form of theatre', the Ta'ziyeh is the Islamic drama of Iran. This work examines the evolution of the Ta'ziyeh, which involved elements drawn from Zoroastrianaism, Mithraism, mythology, folklore and traditional forms of Iranian entertainment. In its final form, most of its elements - plot, character, thought, spectacle and song - derive from the Shi'a branch of Islam. Its main plot concerns the suffering and death of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet of Islam.