Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Asian Theatre Bulletin
Afro-Asian Theatre Bulletin
Author: Asian Theatre Journal
Author: Classical Dance and Theatre in South-East Asia
Author: Jukka O. MiettinenPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This lavishly illustrated book provides an introduction to the richtraditions of South-East Asian dance, theatre and puppet theatre. It focusesmainly on classical traditions which are still performed and separate sectionsare devoted to Burma, Thailand, Java, Bali, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Laos.Chinese theatre in the region and the Chinese-influenced theatre of Vietnam arealso discussed.
Asian Theatre
Author: James R. BrandonPublisher: [Washington, D.C.] : University and College Theatre Association
ISBN:
Category : Oriental drama
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatre
Author: James R. BrandonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521588225
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
A comprehensive and authoritative single-volume reference work on the theatre arts of Asia-Oceania. Nine expert scholars provide entries on performance in twenty countries from Pakistan in the west, through India and Southeast Asia to China, Japan and Korea in the east. An introductory pan-Asian essay explores basic themes - they include ritual, dance, puppetry, training, performance and masks. The national entries concentrate on the historical development of theatre in each country, followed by entries on the major theatre forms, and articles on playwrights, actors and directors. The entries are accompanied by rare photographs and helpful reading lists.
Shakespeare and East Asia
Author: Alexa Alice JoubinPublisher: Oxford Shakespeare Topics
ISBN: 0198703562
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Structured around modes in which one might encounter Asian-themed performances and adaptations, Shakespeare and East Asia identifies four themes that distinguish post-1950s East Asian cinemas and theatres from works in other parts of the world: Japanese formalistic innovations in sound and spectacle; reparative adaptations from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong; the politics of gender and reception of films and touring productions in South Korea and the UK; and multilingual, diaspora works in Singapore and the UK. These adaptations break new ground in sound and spectacle; they serve as a vehicle for artistic and political remediation or, in some cases, the critique of the myth of reparative interpretations of literature; they provide a forum where diasporic artists and audiences can grapple with contemporary issues; and, through international circulation, they are reshaping debates about the relationship between East Asia and Europe. Bringing film and theatre studies together, this book sheds new light on the two major genres in a comparative context and reveals deep structural and narratological connections among Asian and Anglophone performances. These adaptations are products of metacinematic and metatheatrical operations, contestations among genres for primacy, or experimentations with features of both film and theatre.
Foreign Acquisitions Newsletter
Author: Publisher: Association of Research Libr
ISBN:
Category : Acquisition of foreign publications
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Burmese Dance and Theatre
Author: Noel Francis SingerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This book traces the history of dance and theatre in Burma in the courts and the countryside, and describes the various dances, plays, and musical accompaniment that evolved as a result of the country's cultural and religious mix and its changing political circumstances.
Seven Guitars
Author: August WilsonPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101173696
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and The Piano Lesson Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play It is the spring of 1948. In the still cool evenings of Pittsburgh's Hill district, familiar sounds fill the air. A rooster crows. Screen doors slam. The laughter of friends gathered for a backyard card game rises just above the wail of a mother who has lost her son. And there's the sound of the blues, played and sung by young men and women with little more than a guitar in their hands and a dream in their hearts. August Wilson's Seven Guitars is the sixth chapter in his continuing theatrical saga that explores the hope, heartbreak, and heritage of the African-American experience in the twentieth century. The story follows a small group of friends who gather following the untimely death of Floyd "Schoolboy" Barton, a local blues guitarist on the edge of stardom. Together, they reminisce about his short life and discover the unspoken passions and undying spirit that live within each of them.