Anniversary of Ali Ben Ayyad's death

Collection title

Special program

ID

TUN00109

Source

TT (TN)

First broadcast date

07/18/2003

Production year

2003

Abstract

This program is a special edition on the occasion of the anniversary of Ali Ben Ayyad’s death. - Overview on the playwright. - Testimonies of literary men, playwrights and artists, on Ali Ben Ayyad’s creative, artistic and theatrical value, accompanied by the presentation of some black and white images of his works. - Link between Ali Ben Ayyad and the Tunisian stage and its contribution to set traditions of professional practice along with the development of the stage occupations. - Presentation of images of the Institute where he worked. - Some extracts from him plays.

Type

video

Production companies

• Tunisian TV - Own production

Broadcaster

Télévision Tunisienne - Télévision Tunisienne 1

Audiovisual form

Library footage

Personalities

• Boulaaras Lahbib - Literary man
• Torki Zoubir - Rassam
• Sallami El-Hedi - Comedian

Primary theme

Art, Culture and Knowledge

Secondary themes

• Art, Culture and Knowledge / Live performances

Credits / Cast

• Belhaj Wahida - Speaker

Period of events

• 2003

Map locations

• Tunisia - North

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

23m48

Additional information

Tunisian playwright Ali Ben Ayyad was born on August 15th, 1930 and died in Paris on February 14th, 1972 after an internal haemorrhage, during the preparations of a play on Palestine. He created 27 plays. We can quote: Oedipus and Hamlet, Caligula, Women’s school, Othello, The Cheapstake, Morad 3, The Marshall and The Donkey’s Owner.