Modern Arabic Drama in Egypt

This book is the first critical survey of modern Egyptian drama during the period of its maturity from the 1930s to the present day.

M. M. Badawi (Author)

9780521020732, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 October 2005

260 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.398 kg

This book is the first critical survey of modern Egyptian drama during the period of its maturity from the 1930s to the present day. A discussion of the work of Tawfiq al-Hakim is followed by an examination of the less experimental plays of his successors, Mahmud Taymur, Bakathir and Fathi Radwan.

1. Introduction
2. Tawfiq al-Hakim
2. Al-Hakim's successors
4. Post-revolution drama: the new wave of dramatists
5. Verse drama
6. Epilogue.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: plays & playwrights [DSG]