1st Edition
Of Kings and Clowns Leadership in Contemporary Egyptian Theatre Since 1967
By Tiran Manucharyan
Copyright 2024
288 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
288 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
288 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the transformations Egyptian theatre has undergone since 1967.
Through detailed analyses of the plays, the book investigates the ways Egyptian theatre represents, formulates, and imagines political and cultural leadership and, by implication, enacts its own leadership. Alongside the work of established playwrights, such as Yusuf Idris, Abul-ʿEla El-Salamouny, Fathia El-ʿAssal... Read more
Preface
Transliteration of Arabic
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Tamasruh: Between Theatricalisation and Carnivalesque
2. ‘Towards an Egyptian Theatre’: Yusuf Idris
3. Theatre as Its Protagonist: Abul-ʿEla El-Salamouny
4. ‘The Art of Cunning’: Lenin El-Ramly
5. The Carnivalisation of Silence: Fathia El-ʿAssal
6. Of Times and Spaces
7. Theatre and the Revolution
Conclusions: Carnival Framed in Theatre
Further Reading in English
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Tiran Manucharyan is Associate Lecturer in Arabic at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.
