Four Plays from North AfricaMarvin Carlson Four Plays From North Africa contains modern plays from the Maghreb, the northeastern part of Africa. This is the fi rst English collection of drama from the region; the book includes Abdelkader Alloula's The Veil, Jalila Baccar's Aberlin, Fatima Gallaire's House of Wives, and Tayeb Saddiki's The Folies Berbers. |
Contents
Editors Introduction | 1 |
HOUSE OF WIVES | 209 |
THE FOLIES BERBERS | 305 |
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Abdelkader Alloula actors ACTRESS ACTRESS/AÏDA ACTRESS/KATY afraid AÏCHA AÏDA Algerian Ancestor ANNICKA anymore Arabic arms Ayoub the Dry Bekkouche BEN AÏCHA Berber Berhoum the Timid boiler BRETEUIL brother CHEMS CHERIFA couscous DADA DANIEL Darkness SCENE daughter door drama dramatists DRISS everything exits eyes face factory father Filali France French Ghalem girl give GROSS hand HANNAH head heart honor husband Jaibi JOURDAIN Jürgen KAÏS KARL KATY Laaredj leave listen live look Maghreb MARIANNE Meknes MIDWIFE MIMIA MLLE DE CONTI MME LE CAMUS Mokhtar MOLIÈRE Monsieur Ambassador Morocco mother NAHNOUHA neighbor never night ottoman PETIS plays POLICE CHIEF prison quiet Red Army Faction SAINT-OLON SCHEHERAZADE SECOND POLICEMAN servants SI-KHELIFA silence SIRÉNA sits SOUSSAN speak stop talk TAOS tell theatre there's things told Tunisia ULRICH VOICE What's wife woman women workers