TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ḥamdān,Masūd
TI  - Poetics, politics and protest in Arab theatre: the bitter cup and the holy rain 
SN  - 1845191064
AV  - PJ8101 
U1  - 892.7/2009358/095691 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Brighton [England], Portland, Or.
PB  - Sussex Academic Press
KW  - Arabic drama
KW  - Syria
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Political plays Arabic
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-183) and index; 1. Theatrical genres and the carnivalesque : art of the theatre -- 2. Theatre in the Arab World : the historical background -- 3. The early comedies of Durayd Lahham and Nihad Qal'i : birth pangs of late satire -- 4. When a gay rogue grows to be a tragic fool : the carnivalesque satires
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0514/2005017691.html
ER  -