Book contents
- The Theatre of Sa’dallah Wannous
- Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre
- The Theatre of Sa’dallah Wannous
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Transliteration and Translation
- Chronology of Wannous’ Life, Plays, and Selected Writings
- Introduction
- Part I Situating Wannous
- Part II Reading Wannous
- Part III Staging Wannous
- 6 Rituals Transformed: Wannous, Intercultural Translation, and the Widening Gyre
- 7 Speaking the Unspeakable: On Directing Wannous
- 8 Conversation with Contemporary Playwright Mohammad Al Attar
- Part IV Remembering Wannous
- List of Wannous’ Plays
- Summaries of Wannous’ Principal Plays
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Speaking the Unspeakable: On Directing Wannous
from Part III - Staging Wannous
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 May 2021
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Book contents
- The Theatre of Sa’dallah Wannous
- Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre
- The Theatre of Sa’dallah Wannous
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Transliteration and Translation
- Chronology of Wannous’ Life, Plays, and Selected Writings
- Introduction
- Part I Situating Wannous
- Part II Reading Wannous
- Part III Staging Wannous
- 6 Rituals Transformed: Wannous, Intercultural Translation, and the Widening Gyre
- 7 Speaking the Unspeakable: On Directing Wannous
- 8 Conversation with Contemporary Playwright Mohammad Al Attar
- Part IV Remembering Wannous
- List of Wannous’ Plays
- Summaries of Wannous’ Principal Plays
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter draws on the author, Sahar Assaf's, experience directing two significant contemporary productions of Sa’dallah Wannous’ plays in English in Beirut, Rituals of Signs and Transformations and The Rape.
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- The Theatre of Sa'dallah WannousA Critical Study of the Syrian Playwright and Public Intellectual, pp. 142 - 156Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021