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.
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| Introduction | |
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| Tawfiq al-Hakim | |
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| Al-Hakim-s successors | |
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| Post-revolution drama: the new wave of dramatists | |
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| Verse drama | |
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| Epilogue | |
