A Bullet in the Heart (play)

A Bullet in the Heart
A Bullet in the Heart
Directed by	Kamal Hussein
Written by	Tawfiq El-Hakim
Starring	Salah Zulfikar
Production; companies	General Egyptian Organization for Cinema and Theater
Distributed by	General Egyptian Organization for Cinema and Theater
Release date	22 November 1964;
Running time	3 hours
Country	Egypt
Language	Arabic

A Bullet in the Heart (Arabic: رصاصة في القلب; translit.Rosasa Fil Qalb) is a 1964 Egyptian comedy play written by Tawfiq El-Hakim and directed by Kamal Hussein.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is based on Tawfiq El-Hakim's 1926 play with the same name.^[4]^[5]

It stars Salah Zulfikar in the leading role. This play is one of three plays of El-Hakim, in which the conclusion was open and unconvincing in that way,^[6] and it was Salah Zulfikar's theatrical debut.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Synopsis

The events revolve around Naguib, who has a dire financial situation, who falls in love with the girl Fifi at first sight and does not know who she is, so he tells his friend, Dr. Sami, the story and she's originally his friend's fiancé.

Primary cast

Salah Zulfikar as Naguib
Laila Taher as Fifi
Waheed Ezzat as Dr. Sami
Abdul Mohsen Saleem
Ahmed Hussein
Badruddin Hassanein

References

^ Long, Charles William Richard (1979). Tawfiq Al Hakim, Playwright of Egypt. Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0-903729-35-2.
^ Salem, Ali; Sālim, ʻAlī (2001). A Drive to Israel: An Egyptian Meets His Neighbors. Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University. ISBN 978-965-224-050-7.
^ "Egyptian actress Laila Taher recovers from Covid-19: 'I am feeling better'". The National. 2021-07-04. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
^ Ḥakīm, Tawfīq; Yaʻqūb, Lūsī (1987). عصفور الشرق، توفيق الحكيم: "في حوارات حول أفكاره و آثاره" (in Arabic). الدار المصرية اللبنانية،.
^ الغد (in Arabic). 1965.
^ al-Masraḥ (in Arabic). al-Hayʼah al-Miṣrīyah al-ʻĀmmah lil-Taʼlīf wa-al-Nashr. October 1965.
^ Starkey, Starkey Paul (2016-06-02). Sonallah Ibrahim: Rebel with a Pen. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-0580-5.
^ Hutchins, William M.; Hutchins, William Maynard (2003). Tawfiq Al-Hakim: A Reader's Guide. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-0-89410-885-3.
^ Ḥakīm, Tawfīq (1981). Plays, Prefaces & Postscripts of Tawfiq Al-Hakim: Theater of the mind. Three Continents Press. ISBN 978-0-89410-148-9.
^ قاموس تالمسرح (in Arabic). al-Hayʼah al-Miṣrīyah al-ʻĀmmah lil-Kitāb. 1996. ISBN 978-977-01-4269-1.

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[1] Long, Charles William Richard (1979). Tawfiq Al Hakim, Playwright of Egypt. Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0-903729-35-2.

[2] Salem, Ali; Sālim, ʻAlī (2001). A Drive to Israel: An Egyptian Meets His Neighbors. Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University. ISBN 978-965-224-050-7.

[3] "Egyptian actress Laila Taher recovers from Covid-19: 'I am feeling better'". The National. 2021-07-04. Retrieved 2022-04-15.

[4] Ḥakīm, Tawfīq; Yaʻqūb, Lūsī (1987). عصفور الشرق، توفيق الحكيم: "في حوارات حول أفكاره و آثاره" (in Arabic). الدار المصرية اللبنانية،.

[5] الغد (in Arabic). 1965.

[6] al-Masraḥ (in Arabic). al-Hayʼah al-Miṣrīyah al-ʻĀmmah lil-Taʼlīf wa-al-Nashr. October 1965.

[7] Starkey, Starkey Paul (2016-06-02). Sonallah Ibrahim: Rebel with a Pen. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-0580-5.

[8] Hutchins, William M.; Hutchins, William Maynard (2003). Tawfiq Al-Hakim: A Reader's Guide. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 978-0-89410-885-3.

[9] Ḥakīm, Tawfīq (1981). Plays, Prefaces & Postscripts of Tawfiq Al-Hakim: Theater of the mind. Three Continents Press. ISBN 978-0-89410-148-9.

[10] قاموس تالمسرح (in Arabic). al-Hayʼah al-Miṣrīyah al-ʻĀmmah lil-Kitāb. 1996. ISBN 978-977-01-4269-1.

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