[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: Theater & Cinema of Asia & the Middle East

[Donald Boozer]

This week's posting from the Literature Department at Cleveland Publi=
c Library focuses on theater and cinema from Asia and the Middle East=
.
The Literature Department is located on the second floor of the Main =
Library, downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue=
. Click on the link provided to access the library=92s catalog to res=
erve any of these titles. For more information, visit our location, c=
all 216-623-2881, or email us at =93literature <at> cpl.org.=94

Stage By Stage: Oriental Theatre.
Philip Freund.
Peter Owen Publishers, 2005.
(PN2860 .F74 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D072061208x
(Link includes cover art and table of contents)
"In this second volume in the 'Stage by Stage' series, Philip Freund =
takes us beyond the barriers of culture and language to introduce us =
to the theatrical traditions and stagecraft of India, China, Japan, K=
orea and the many independent lands surrounding them. He describes th=
e challenges that exponents of both Eastern and Western drama are fac=
ing as our cultures clash as never before and at same time demonstrat=
es how universal is the impulse to dramatize our experience." -- from=
 the book jacket


Iranian Cinema and the Islamic Revolution.
Shahla Mirbakhtyar.
McFarland, 2006.
(PN1993.5.I846 M55 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0786422858
(Link includes cover art and table of contents)
"Because of the prevailing religious, political and social atmosphere=
, the cinema in Iran remained stagnant for more than fifty years. Alt=
hough the "new" Iranian cinema had begun to develop before the 1979 I=
slamic revolution, the political changes gave rise to a new era of ex=
pression." -- from the back cover

The Arab Oedipus: Four Plays.
Edited by Marvin Carlson.
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 2005.
(PJ7665 .A725 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D096661528x
"This volume contains four plays based on the Oedipus legend by four =
leading dramatists of the Arab world, Tawfiq Al-Hakim's 'King Oedipus=
,' Ali Ahmed Bakathir's 'The Tragedy of Oedipus,' Ali Salim's 'The Co=
medy of Oedipus,' and Walid Ikhlasi's 'Oedipus,' as well as Al-Hakim'=
s preface to his Oedipus on the subject of Arabic tragedy, a preface =
on translating Bakathir by Dalia Basiouny, and a general introduction=
 by the editor." -- from the back cover

Remember, books highlighted here can be borrowed through any CLEVNET =
library with the touch of a button. Whether you're from Shaker Height=
s, Cleveland, Peninsula, or Twinsburg, just place a hold through the =
link provided and choose your library as the pickup location.
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Donald Boozer, Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
http://www.cpl.org