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Following a comparative approach, this chapter foregrounds transcultural translation as it examines three different productions of Sa’dallah Wannous’ play Rituals of Signs and Transformations in English, French and Arabic that were staged in Beirut, Chicago, Paris, and Cairo. The chapter argues that Wannous’ play carries a prophetic warning about the chaos that is released when rigid political, religious, and gender structures are undermined in a society deformed by a long experience of despotism.
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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