Abu Khalil Qabbani

Abu Khalil Qabbani (Arabic: أبو خليل القباني / ALA-LC: Abū Khalīl al-Qabbānī; 1835–1902) was a Syrian playwright and composer active as a pioneer of Arab theatre at the time of the Arab nahda movement in Damascus and Cairo, Qabbani has been called the "Father of Syrian theatre", and has influenced later generations of playwrights and actors.^[1] Further, he introduced short musical plays (similar to an operetta)^[2] in Arabic theatre and worked to establish a theatre district in Damascus.^[3]

^ Carlson, Marvin (2021), Myers, Robert; Mejcher-Atassi, Sonja (eds.), "Wannous and Syrian and World Drama", The Theatre of Sa'dallah Wannous: A Critical Study of the Syrian Playwright and Public Intellectual, Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 15–33, ISBN 978-1-108-83856-6, retrieved 2024-03-20
^ Hamdan, Masud (2006). Poetics, politics and protest in Arab theatre. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 1-84519-106-4.
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[1] Carlson, Marvin (2021), Myers, Robert; Mejcher-Atassi, Sonja (eds.), "Wannous and Syrian and World Drama", The Theatre of Sa'dallah Wannous: A Critical Study of the Syrian Playwright and Public Intellectual, Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 15–33, ISBN 978-1-108-83856-6, retrieved 2024-03-20

[las-2] Hamdan, Masud (2006). Poetics, politics and protest in Arab theatre. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 1-84519-106-4.

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