TY - BOOK AU - Landau,Jacob M. TI - Studies in the Arab theater and cinema SN - 9781138642034 U1 - 792.0956 LA ST PY - 1958/// CY - Philadelphia PB - University of Pennsylvania Press KW - Theater KW - Middle East KW - Motion pictures KW - Arabic drama KW - History and criticism N1 - Bibliography: p. 207-215. "A list of some Arabic plays, 1848-1956": p. 216-273 N2 - The Arab theatre and cinema are among the most neglected subjects in the studies of Oriental literature and research into the history of theatre. This book, written by the acclaimed scholar Jacob M. Landau and first published in 1958, is a survey of the development of the Arab theatre and cinema as cultural and social phenomena and goes a long way in shedding some light on these neglected subjects ER -