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In 1928, the famous writer Tawfiq El-Hakim and poet Ahmed Shawqi contributed to the theatre's evolution in Egypt through their creative works. But for a while, most of the Egyptian theatre pioneers showed more interest in the movie business.

The first Egyptian National Band established during 1935 and its plays were against the English Occupation, so it considered the beginning of the first National Theater.

Theatre art has proven its popularity through its special element involving the direct interaction between the actors and the audience, especially after establishing the Higher Institute of theatre art in 1944. It helped to produce a new generation of theatre students who took responsibility to change society's perspective of theatre.

Finally, in 1952 the State started to pay attention to the theatre by establishing the first Egyptian National Theatre leading to a major development in theatre and all its elements. In the nineties, Egypt witnessed a rise in comedy theatre producing many plays engraved on Egyptians' memory like "Sayedati Al Gamela" and "sok Ala Banatk" by Fouad el-Mohandes, "Al Motzawgon" by Mohamed Sobhi and many others.