The Theatrical Performance Space and its Mechanisms in Ali Abdulnabi Al-Zaidi’s Texts

Abstract

In his constant search for contemporary texts that address issues of reality, the theatrical director seeks to choose texts that give him the ability to imagine and create a scene that excites the spectators and attracts them to the theatrical show by finding a scenographic space formed by the scenography artist, who is responsible for translating the directory vision through visual effect and image formation for the show.

This is applied to the texts of the Iraqi playwright Ali Abdulnabi Al-Zaidi, because it leaves for the director and the scenographer a wide scope and complete freedom to present a visual show in which the dramatic formations are balanced with the scenographic formations.

One of the most important features of Al-Zaidi’s texts is that they have high vitality and contain performance formations that attract both directors and Scenographers.

Therefore, the research is in four chapters. The first one includes the research problem, its importance and need and the research goal which is summarized  in the following question:

What is the mechanism by which the Scenographers have worked to present the space of the theatrical show for Ali Abdulnabi Al-Zaidi's theatrical texts? It also includes the research limits and terms definition.

The second chapter contains two topics. The first one is the concept of the theatrical space (Scenography) and the second one is the scenography in Arab theatre. They followed by the indications of theoretical framework.

The third chapter tackles the procedures and analysis of sample which is the play (Fabulous Reality) directed by Jawad Al-Asadi (2012(.

The fourth chapter includes results, conclusions and references