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contribution to Islamic theatre In 1847 Mārūn al-Naqqāsh, who
had recently returned from a stay in Italy, obtained permission
from the Ottoman authorities in Syria to produce in his house
Al-Bakhīl, a play inspired by Molière’s drama L’Avare. Most of
the actors involved either were members of his family or were
friends. While there are reports of... ...contacts with Europe
and position as the headquarters of missionary activity. A
Beirut Maronite (a Roman Catholic following the Syrio-Antiochene
rite, widespread in the area), Mārūn al-Naqqāsh (died 1855), who
knew French and Italian as well as Arabic and Turkish, adapted
Molière’s L’Avare (“The Miser”) and presented it on a... What
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