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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.0956
• Soggetto topico: Performing arts - Arab countries; Theater - Arab countries
• Altri autori: HoussamiEyad EnsembleMasrah
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: The dramatic, political history of contemporary Arab theatre.
• Titolo autorizzato: Doomed by hope
• ISBN: 1-84964-829-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814835103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II