The Al-Hamlet Summit: A Political Arabesque

Powerful and disturbing, this version of the Hamlet story is set in a modern Middle Eastern state...
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Author: Sulayman Al-Bassam
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Language: English
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The Al-Hamlet Summit: A Political Arabesque by Al-Bassam, Sulayman

The Al-Hamlet Summit: A Political Arabesque

BD$35.35

The Al-Hamlet Summit: A Political Arabesque

BD$35.35
Author: Sulayman Al-Bassam
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Powerful and disturbing, this version of the Hamlet story is set in a modern Middle Eastern state whose leader has just died, to be replaced by his brother, a ruthless, Westernized dictator who juggles petro-dollars, arms dealers, and democratic slogans in an attempt to quell the rising tides of Islamic extremism. Presenting a composite of many Arab concerns that affect peoples from the Arabian Gulf to the Atlantic and beyond, it is a concrete and poetic formulation of an Arab viewpoint, combining aspects of the Arab oral-poetry tradition with the rhetoric of modern-day politics. It is Hamlet as pure, dangerous politics.

Author: Sulayman Al-Bassam
Publisher: University of Hertfordshire Press
Published: 04/01/2007
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.24w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9781902806624

About the Author
Sulayman Al-Bassam is an Anglo-Kuwaiti writer and director. He is the author of the play The Mirror for Princes. Graham Holderness is the author of numerous critical studies in Renaissance and modern theatre including Cultural Shakespeare: Essays in the Shakespeare Myth and Textual Shakespeare: Writing and the Word.


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