Political Performance in Syria, charts the history of a theatre that has sought the expansion of civil society and imagined alternate political realities. In doing so, the manuscript situates the current use of performance and theatre by artists of the Syrian Revolution within a long history of political contestation.

Winner of the Joe A. Callaway Prize 2016

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Edward Ziter is Associate Professor of Theatre History and Chair of the Department of Drama at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, USA. He is author of The Orient on the Victorian Stage and articles in Theatre Research International, TDR, Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, The Wordsworth Circle, and numerous anthologies.

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Introduction 1. Martyrdom 2. War 3. Palestinians 4. History and Heritage 5. Torture Bibliography Index