Studies in the Arab theater and cinema
The Arab theatre and cinema are among the most neglected subjects in the studies of Oriental literature and research into the history of theatre. This book, written by the acclaimed scholar Jacob M. Landau and first published in 1958, is a survey of the development of the Arab theatre and cinema as...
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press
[1958]
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Table of Contents:
- The Arab cinema: Beginnings and development : The start ; The post-war years ; The government and the public ; Arab cinema in other lands
- Production and acting : Distribution ; Production ; Direction ; Acting ; Some Arab stars
- Themes of Arab cinema : Script writing ; Types of films ; The main themes
- The Arab theater: The beginnings : Local influences ; Foreign influences
- The theater in Syria and Egypt : The birth of the theater, Syria ; The development, Egypt in Ismā'īl's days ; The increase in the number of troupes
- The post-war years and their actors : Abyad and the classical theater ; The progress of the musical theater ; The success of the popular theater ; The government and the public ; The Arab theater in other lands
- The plays and their themes : Translations ; Original plays
- Some Arab playwrights : Shauqī ; al-Hakīm ; Mahmūd Taimūr
- The background: Mimicry
- The Passion play
- The shadow play : The beginnings ; The Turkish contribution ; Arabic performances in Medieval Egypt ; Further development in Egypt ; Shadow plays in Syria ; North African shadow plays ; Characteristics and importance of the shadow theater