[Bilimsel Haber] New Publ.: An Anthology of Modern Turkish Drama (2 vols.)

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An Anthology of Modern Turkish Drama (2 vols.) 

Edited by Talat S. Halman and Jayne L. Warner 
Published by Syracuse University Press 

Since the middle of the twentieth century, Turkish playwriting has been
notable for its verve and versatility. This two-volume anthology is the
first major collection of modern Turkish plays in English translation's
selection dealing with ancient Anatolian mythology, Ottoman history,
contemporary social issues and family dramas, ribald comedy from Turkey's
cities and rural areas. It also includes several plays set outside Turkey. 

The two volumes together feature seventeen plays by major playwrights
published or produced from the late 1940s to the present day, with volume
1, Ibrahim the Mad and Other Plays, encompassing plays from the 1940s
through the 1960s, and volume 2, I, Anatolia and Other Plays, including
plays from the 1970s through the 1990s. They grant to English readers the
pleasure of riveting drama in translations that are colloquial as well as
faithful. For producers, directors, and actors they provide a wealth of
fresh, new material, with characters ranging from Ottoman sultans to a
Soviet cosmonaut, from the Byzantine Empress Theodora to a fisherman's
wife, from residents of an Istanbul neighborhood to King Midas, from
Montezuma to a Turkish cabinet minister. 

Ibrahim the Mad and Other Plays (published June 2008) 
Paper $29.95 
ISBN 978-0-8156-0897-4 
xxiv + 479 pages 

Contents Vol. 1: 
Preface 
Introduction: The Evolution of Turkish Drama (until 1970) by Talat S. 
Halman 
The Neighborhood Ahmet Kutsi Tecer 
A Ball for the Imaginative Tunç Yalman 
Man of the Hour Haldun Taner 
In Ambush Cahit Atay 
Sea Rose Necati Cumali 
A Shanty in Istanbul Basar Sabuncu 
The Mikado Game Melih Cevdet Anday 
Ibrahim the Mad A. Turan Oflazoglu 
Aziz Nesin 

I, Anatolia and Other Plays (available Fall 2008) 
Paper $29.95 
ISBN 978-0-8156-0935-3 

Contents Vol. 2: 
Preface 
Introduction: The Turkish Theater Since 1970 by Talat S. Halman 
Bald Mehmet of Atca Orhan Asena 
Old Photographs Dincer Sumer 
The White Gods Gungor Dilmen 
Fehim Pasha's Mansion Turgut Ozakman 
I, Anatolia Gungor Dilmen 
Afife Jale Nezihe Araz 
Vladimir Komarov Memet Baydur 
My Lovely Scarf Refik Erduran 

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