Modern Arabic Drama in Egypt

By Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Badawī

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521020735
• ISBN13: 9780521020732
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"