Arabic theatre

Introduction

The theater is one of the oldest and most popular forms of enculturation and the entertainment. This form of the performing arts is concerned with the performance of stories to an audience using a combination of speech, gestures, music, dance, sound and spectacle. As such, the theater in Arabic world has often been referred to as "the father of all arts in Arabia (Ali¸33).

Discussion and Analysis

In pre-Islamic Arabia, harsh economic and living conditions did not allowed that the most socio-cultural development. Still though, by the time the Arabic poetry has achieved a high degree of maturity and sophistication. Poets of the peninsula met annually to showcase their talent in holiday Mecca.

Her poems often focus on basic issues of tribal self-glorification and virtues, praising the qualities of the poet, even your own horse or camel. Love and romance, of course, also occupied a central position. The poet had to stand before a crowd and recite their work and receive their deserved praise or otherwise. Could be classified as a form of theatrical performance, however rudimentary? This is often debated.

However, there is ample evidence of a lot closer to the theater that used to be (still is) very popular in the Arab world, which is the dramatic narrator, known as "Al Rawi," The storyteller, or "Al Shaer" A narrator sits in a booster seat wooden coffee houses and partially improvised narration or some folk tales related to the heroism, love, tragedy and the like. Equipped with a number of requirements (In the theater world today called support-a sword, book, etc.), singing and articulate each character's speech assumes all the functions of several he is saying about. You can also change his team head to embody the character whose monologue is taking shape.

The alteration of their facial expressions, speech, dialect and gestures to mimic the character is the personification (different ages, professions, regional or national characteristics, etc.) With the expansion of the Arab / Muslim state, variety of dialects and characters offers a wealth of Rawi's choice of mimicry. The crowd gathers around and every once in a while a message or request information about the fate of a certain character in the story. Needless to say, "Rawi" sometimes may have to alter history to satisfy the enthusiastic audience. Often playing "Rababa" string guitar like instrument. Most singing poetry from memory. These were the leaders of the masses.

There are numbers that are increasingly well-tion and its popularity was such that the Caliph Al-Mutamid (reigned about 870-892) prohibited activities. Apparently, the ban does not apply and the "Rawy" survives today in many places. The Abbasid Caliph "Al Mutawakkel" (reigned about 850 AD) was one of the few Muslim leaders to promote entertainment, singing, music and dance, etc. It is reported that he used to invite artists to his court from the Far East perform in his court. Later, some of their Arab subjects were encouraged to take part in the proceedings. For example, can draw pictures portray characters of different nations and imitation of ...