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Jalila Baccar (Arabic: جليلة بكار, romanized: Jalīlah Bakkār; born 1952) is a Tunisian playwright and actor.[1][2]
Early life and education
editBaccar was born in Tunis on 23 November 1952.[3][4] She became interested in drama while at school.[1]
Career
editWhen she graduated from school she joined a regional theatre company in Gafsa, an oasis and mining community in the south-west of Tunisia. She and the company's co-director Fadhel Jaïbi tried to modernise the company but met with resistance both from their fellow actors and from the authorities. They moved back to Tunis in 1976 and established their own company, Almasrah al-jadid: The New Theatre, the first independent professional theatre company in Tunisia.[1]
In 1993 Baccar and Jaïbi established a new company, Familia. Their play Junun (Dementia) was staged at Avignon in the 2002 Festival.[5]
In 2003, she won the SACD Prize for Francophonie for Araberlin.[6]
Their play Amnesia "which details all the ills of Tunisia under the now defunct regime, with its nepotism and corruption, economic hardships and police surveillance"[7] was staged in Tunis in 2011, and then at the National Theatre in Bordeaux, France.[7]
In 2014, Baccar and Jaïbi sponsored the 76th class of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre de Lyon.[8]
Marvin Carlson describes Baccar as "generally recognized as one of the leading women playwrights and performers in Tunisia and the Arab world".[1]
Personal life
editBaccar is married to Fadhel Jaïbi.
References
edit- ^ a b c d Carlson, Marvin (2015). Jalila Baccar of Tunisia: A portrait of an artist: Summary. Cambridge UP. ISBN 9781782046370. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
Carlson, Marvin (2015). "Jalila Baccar of Tunisia: A portrait of an artist". In C. Matzke; J. Plastow; Y. Hutchison (eds.). African Theatre 14: Contemporary Women (PDF). Boydell & Brewer. pp. 54–64. ISBN 9781782046370. - ^ "Jalila Baccar". www.theatre-contemporain.net (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Jalila Baccar". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 23 November 1952. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Jalila Baccar". www.dictionnaire-creatrices.com. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ JFP (May 2011). "Jalila Baccar & Fadhel Jaïbi". Festival d'Avignon. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Jalila Baccar". editions theatrales.
- ^ a b Darge, Fabienne (15 February 2011). "Amnesia - review". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Jalila Baccar et Fadhel Jaïbi parrainent la 76e promotion de l'Ensatt-Lyon". kapitalis.