Figures of the Shadow Play
Object identifier Figures of the Shadow play
Tipologia Sub-sub-sub-series
Title in Arabic or Hebrew
- شخصيات مسرحية الظل
Introduction
- The sub-sub-sub-series contains all documents relating to the study of the figures or characters of the plays. During his stay in Cairo, Kahle purchased not only the manuscripts but also the figures used in the representation of individual works. These figures are not currently present in the Archive other than in the form of reproductions, drawings and photographs made by Kahle. The figures were studied in a number of Kahle’s articles, mainly in “Islamische Schattenspielfiguren aus Ägypten” (1910-1191), and in less detail in “Das arabische Schattentheater im mittelalterlichen Ägypten; Alte Texte, Alte Figuren” (1954) and “The Arabic Shadow Play in Medieval Egypt” (1954).