L’effet-miroir, quand le théâtre se profite de l’antiquité pour refléter notre actualité : cas de « Le retour d’Hulagu » de Sultan Bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi

Abstract

The Mirror Effect, When the Theater Takes Advantage of History to Reflect Our Current Actuality: Case of “The Return of Hulagu” by Sultan Bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi
In the complex world of theater, every word, every idea, every gesture, as well as every line influences the spectators or readers. In the piece entitled "The Return of Hulagu", written by Sultan Bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi, the idea of the mirror effect is omnipresent and imposes itself as a centripetal notion. The characters, whether they are protagonists or secondary, their speeches, the chrono-spatial indications, the events, the themes addressed, even the declarations made by the playwright in this historical drama, all these elements are intertwined, in a one way or another, in order to show us how History can play the role of a mirror by evoking facts from the past inviting the reader to reflect on their own experiences, the crises of which are, without the least, in resemblance with these facts. The problem of this article is expressed, thus, by highlighting and addressing the dramatic techniques that the playwright used within his play, sometimes in a subtle way, sometimes in an explicit way, in order to create a space of confrontation with oneself, a space where the public is not invited to discover the historical events given to be represented to such an extent that it is summoned to understand the symbolic interpretation of these events, or even to determine their relationships with its daily.