The present paper offers a comparative study of Comedians (ٔ191) by the British dramatist Trevor Griffiths (ٔ1ٖ٘-), and Bal-'Arabi al-Fasih (ٔ11ٕ) by the prominent Egyptian playwright Lenin al-Ramli (ٔ1ٗ٘-).Both plays are examined in the light of Bakhtin's theory of carnival in order to show how Griffiths and al-Ramli incorporate this theory into their theatrical project with a view to creating a ...