<div><p>Four full-length plays by Sa'dallah Wannous, the leading Syrian dramatist of the twentieth century, published in English for the first time: <I>Rituals of Signs and Transformations</I>, <I>The Evening Party for the Fifth of June</I>, <I>The Adventure of the Mamluk Jaber's Head</I>, and <I>The Drunken Days</I>. Together they represent three decades of Wannous's remarkable career and indicate the range of his political, social, personal, and metatheatrical contributions to modern drama.</p><BR></div>