Modern Arabic drama in Egypt /
Badawi, Muhammad Mustafa.
Modern Arabic drama in Egypt / M.M. Badawi. - Cambridge. : Cambridge University Press, c1987. - viii, 246 p. ; 24 cm.
Originally published: 1987
Includes bibliography (p. 231-239) and index.
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.
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.
9780521020732 (pbk.) 0521020735 (pbk.)
Arabic drama--History and criticism.--20th century
Arabic drama--History and criticism.--Egypt
PJ8211 / .B33 1987
Modern Arabic drama in Egypt / M.M. Badawi. - Cambridge. : Cambridge University Press, c1987. - viii, 246 p. ; 24 cm.
Originally published: 1987
Includes bibliography (p. 231-239) and index.
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.
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.
9780521020732 (pbk.) 0521020735 (pbk.)
Arabic drama--History and criticism.--20th century
Arabic drama--History and criticism.--Egypt
PJ8211 / .B33 1987