Syrian Drama: The Plays of Sa'dallah Wannous
On Monday, March 3, 2014, the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presented "Syrian Drama: The Plays of Sa'dallah Wannous" at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Syrian playwright Sa'dallah Wannous (1941-1997) was a central figure in the Arabic theatre of the late twentieth century. His most important works began to appear in the wake of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, and were focused on positive social and political change in the region. The evening celebrates his first collection of works in English translation, Four Plays from Syria, published by the Segal Center (co-edited by Marvin Carlson & Safi Mahfouz, with translations by Marvin Carlson, Safi Mahfouz, Robert Myers, and Nada Saab). The evening will include excerpts of Wannous' acclaimed play Rituals, the first Arab play in repertory at the Comédie Française. Followed by a discussion with co-editor GC CUNY Professor Marvin Carlson, Rituals translators Robert Myers (Professor of English, American University in Beirut) and Nada Saab (Assistant Professor of Literature at Lebanese American University), as well as Beirut-based actress and director Sahar Assaf (Lecturer in Theatre, American University in Beirut). Myers, Saab, and the Chicago-based theatre company Silk Road Rising received a MacArthur grant to translate Rituals in 2012. Reading produced by Arab-American company Noor Theatre.
This event was sponsored by the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center.
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