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Of Kings and Clowns: Leadership in Contemporary Egyptian Theatre Since 1967

Of Kings and Clowns: Leadership in Contemporary Egyptian Theatre Since 1967

Manucharyan, Tiran

Paperback

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

African HistoryTheater HistoryPlaywriting

ISBN10: 1032370165
ISBN13: 9781032370163
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 27 2025
Pages: 270
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book examines the transformations Egyptian theatre has undergone since 1967.

Through detailed analyses of the plays, the book investigates the ways Egyptian theatre represents, formulates, and imagines political and cultural leadership and, by implication, enacts its own leadership. Alongside the work of established playwrights, such as Yusuf Idris, Abul-ʿEla El-Salamouny, Fathia El-ʿAssal and Lenin El-Ramly, it also discusses the input in theatre of a younger generation, reflecting the new transformations in Egyptian theatre following the 2011 revolution. Relating the theoretical underpinnings of its analyses to theoretical discussions by Egyptian playwrights, the book contributes to current English-language scholarship in theatre studies, by providing a discourse largely absent from it. Considering the growing sense in English-language academia on the need for research and education beyond the Western canon this book offers an important addition to the study resources.

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