Contemporary Theatre in Egypt
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Contemporary Theatre in Egypt
By (Author) Marvin Carlson
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
5th July 2016
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
792.09620904
Physical Properties
Paperback
88
Width 136mm, Height 215mm
113g
Description
Includes the proceedings of a symposium on this subject held at the CUNY Graduate Center in February of 1999, along with the first English translations of three short plays by leading Egyptian playwrights who spoke at the symposium: Alfred Farag's The Last Walk; Gamal Maqsoud's The Absent One; and Lenin El-Ramley's The Nightmare.
Author Bio
Marvin Carlson is the Sidney E. Cohn Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature in the Ph.D. program at the City University of New York Graduate Center. His research and teaching interests include dramatic theory and Western European theatre history and dramatic literature. His best known work, "Theories of the Theatre," has been translated into five languages. His most recent books are "Performance: A Critical Introduction," and "Voltaire and the Theatre of the Eighteenth Century."
