Modern Arabic Drama - An Anthology

Translations of twelve popular Arabic plays written and produced during the past thirty years introduce readers of English to the vibrant theater scene of the Arab world.

List of contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction by M. M. Badawi

The Balalin Company of Jerusalem Darkness

'Isam Mahfuz The China Tree

Mamduh 'Udwan That's Life

'Izz al-Din al-Madani The Zanj Revolution

'Abd al-'Aziz al-Srayii' The Bird Has Flown

Sa'dallah Wannus The King Is the King

Walid Ikhlasi The Straight Path

Yusuf al-'Ani The Key

Salah 'Abd al-Sabur Night Traveler

Alfred Farag 'Ali Janah al-Tabrizi and His Servant Quffa

'Ali Salem The Comedy of Oedipus: You've Killed the Beast

Mahmud Diyab Strangers Don't Drink Coffee

Notes on Authors, Translators, and Editors

Arabic Titles of Plays and Authors' Names Transliterated

About the author

SALMA KHADRA JAYYUSI, Palestinian poet, critic, and scholar, is founder and director of PROTA (Project of Translation from Arabic). She is the editor of Modern Arabic Poetry, The Literature of Modern Arabia, Anthology of Modern Palestinian Literature, and The Legacy of Muslim Spain.

Roger Allen is Professor of Arabic at the University of Pennsylvania. His books include The Arabic Novel: An Historical and Critical Introduction and Modern Arabic Literature.

Summary

Twelve of the best recent Arabic plays in lively English translations.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Allen, Salma Khadra Jayyusi
• Assisted by: Roger Allen (Editor), Salma Khadra Jayyusi (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.1995
• EAN: 9780253209733
• ISBN: 978-0-253-20973-3
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 603 g
• Series: Indiana Series in Arab and Isl; Indiana Series in Arab and Islamic Studies; Indiana Series in Arab and Isl; Indiana Series in Arab & Islamic Studies; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures