The Methuen drama anthology of modern Asian plays / edited by Siyuan Liu and Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. ; translated by Claire Conceison.

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English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
  • London : Bloomsbury Publishing UK, 2014.
  • ©2014.
Description
1 online resource (529 pages)

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"A companion volume to Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900-2000, this anthology contains nine emblematic scripts from twentieth and twenty-first century Asian theatre. Opening with a history of modern Asian drama and a summary of the plays and their contexts, it features nine works written between 1912 and 2009 in Japan, China, Korea, India, Indonesia and Vietnam. Showcasing fresh contemporary writing alongside plays central to the established canon, the collection surveys each playwright's work. The chronological and geographical breadth of the anthology provides a unique insight into modern Asian theatre and is essential to any understanding of its relation to Western drama and indigenous performance"-- Page 4 of cover.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Bloomsbury Drama Online, viewed February 23, 2022).
Contents
  • Father Returns / by Kikuchi Kan
  • Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner and the Farewell Speech / by Okada Toshiki
  • Sunrise / by Cao Yu
  • I Love XXX / by Meng Jinghui, Huang Jingang, Wang Xiaoli, Shi Hang
  • Bicycle / by O Tae-sok
  • The Post Office / by Rabindranath Tagore
  • Hayavadana / by Girish Karnad
  • The Struggle of the Naga Tribe / by W. S. Rendra
  • Truong Ba's Soul in the Butcher's Skin / by Luu Quang Vu.
ISBN
  • 1-4081-7650-5
  • 1-4081-7647-5
OCLC
  • 1024262748
  • 1257076968
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