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James Al-Shamma is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Belmont University, where he started teaching in 2007. He teaches theatre history and literature, scriptwriting, film, improvisation and other courses. He directs at the university and is an artistic and producing partner for the Five Dollar Recession (FDR) Theatre Company. Dr. Al-Shamma's principal areas of research are contemporary women playwrights and Arabic, and specifically Iraqi, theatre. He has published two books on American playwright Sarah Ruhl and has published articles in the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism and The Eugene O'Neill Review.

A. Al-Azraki is an Iraqi playwright.



Table of Contents
Foreword General introduction Biographies The Takeover by Hoshang Waziri Introduction Text A Cradle by Abdul-Kareem Al-Ameri Introduction Text Ishtar in Baghdad by Rasha Fadhil Introduction Text Summer Rain by Abdel-Nabi Al-Zaidi Introduction Text Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad by Monadhil Daoud Albayati Introduction Text Me, Torture, and Your Love by Awatif Naeem Introduction Text A Strange Bird on Our Roof by Abdul Razaq Al-Rubai Introduction Text Cartoon Dreams by Kareem Sheghaidil Introduction Text The Widow by A. Al-Azraki Introduction Text

Contemporary Plays from Iraq

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
      Published 12 January 2017
      ISBN-13 9781474253307
      978-1474253307
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      James Al-Shamma is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Belmont University, where he started teaching in 2007. He teaches theatre history and literature, scriptwriting, film, improvisation and other courses. He directs at the university and is an artistic and producing partner for the Five Dollar Recession (FDR) Theatre Company. Dr. Al-Shamma's principal areas of research are contemporary women playwrights and Arabic, and specifically Iraqi, theatre. He has published two books on American playwright Sarah Ruhl and has published articles in the Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism and The Eugene O'Neill Review.

      A. Al-Azraki       is an Iraqi playwright.



      Table of Contents
      Foreword General introduction Biographies The Takeover by Hoshang Waziri Introduction Text A Cradle by Abdul-Kareem Al-Ameri Introduction Text Ishtar in Baghdad by Rasha Fadhil Introduction Text Summer Rain by Abdel-Nabi Al-Zaidi Introduction Text Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad by Monadhil Daoud Albayati Introduction Text Me, Torture, and Your Love by Awatif Naeem Introduction Text A Strange Bird on Our Roof by Abdul Razaq Al-Rubai Introduction Text Cartoon Dreams by Kareem Sheghaidil Introduction Text The Widow by A. Al-Azraki Introduction Text

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