Le théâtre amateur marocain. Trajectoire d’un théâtre alternatif

Authors

Omar Fertat, Université Michel de Montaigne – Bordeaux 3

Abstract

Modern Moroccan theatre was born with non-professional artists and has remained intimately linked to this milieu. Unlike professional playwrights, non-professional artists have never bowed to the demands of political authorities, whether it be the French administration or the local Makhzen. They used this artistic medium as a forum for debate and resistance against the oppressor. This freedom of expression operated not just at the political level but also at the aesthetic level. Since non-professionals were not constrained by the need to please an audience fond of social comedies and melodramas, they could explore more risky avant-garde paths. In spite of all the attempts to hold under check and weaken this non-professional theatre that reached its peak in the 1970s, many unique theatre voices rose to claim the right to express a new theatrical identity, specific to the Moroccans, one identity that would stage the dramatic reality of the country that was more often than not forcibly ignored by official theatre.

Recommended Citation

Fertat, Omar (2009) "Le théâtre amateur marocain. Trajectoire d’un théâtre alternatif," Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 73: No. 1, Article 10.
Available at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol73/iss1/10