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
- Part IV Remembering Wannous
- 9 Unpacking Wannous’ Library
- 10 A Student of Theatre in Paris
- 11 Grammar of Life and Death
- 12 Be What You Want to Be
- List of Wannous’ Plays
- Summaries of Wannous’ Principal Plays
- Bibliography
- Index
10 - A Student of Theatre in Paris
from Part IV - Remembering Wannous
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 May 2021
- 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
- Part IV Remembering Wannous
- 9 Unpacking Wannous’ Library
- 10 A Student of Theatre in Paris
- 11 Grammar of Life and Death
- 12 Be What You Want to Be
- List of Wannous’ Plays
- Summaries of Wannous’ Principal Plays
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In this chapter, Sa’dallah Wannous’ friend Farouk Mardam-Bey, one of Syria’s foremost intellectuals living in exile, who is also the most respected doyen of Arabic literature in French translation, shares anecdotes about Wannous. He focuses on the years Wannous spent as a student in Paris from 1966 to 1968, a formative period in his apprenticeship, during which he immersed himself in the rich and tumultuous cultural and political life of Paris. Mardam-Bey argues that in addition to questioning the ambiguous relationship that existed between Europe and the Arab world, Wannous also interrogated the relationship among literature, theatre and spectacle in the contemporary world and was particularly intrigued by the association between political protest and theatre, both in conventional theatres and on the streets. The chapter's purpose is to highlight that Wannous’ encounters and friendships with a host of writers and artists from France, the Arab world and other post-colonial countries deeply affected his trajectory and writing.
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- The Theatre of Sa'dallah WannousA Critical Study of the Syrian Playwright and Public Intellectual, pp. 186 - 194Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021