Sa'at / Quintos / Bunnag Southeast Asian Plays

Eight Plays from Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Cambodia
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-910798-88-1
Verlag: Aurora Metro Books
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 448 Seiten

The first ever comprehensive collection of plays in English from Southeast Asia. Features work by eight playwrights from seven countries in Southeast Asia, a region which is experiencing profound change: Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Cambodia.  explores the rich variety of dramatic work that is only beginning to be translated into English.

Theatre scripts are merely blueprints for productions, especially in this region. As elsewhere, second productions and revivals are rare, so publication is key to allowing play texts to find a wider international readership.

Topics include the global financial crisis, sex workers, traditional v modern values, the role of faith in society, corruption in high places and journalistic ethics. The plays have been selected for performance.

Plays:

by Jean Tay (Singapore) about the efects of a financial crisis

by Floy Quintos (Philippines) about a dictator and his wife

by Tew Bunnag (Thailand) about a man misused as a monster

by Ann Lee (Malaysia) about a man wrongly imprisoned under the justice system

e by Dang Chuong (Vietnam) about corruption in high places

by Chhon Sina (Cambodia) about the sex trade in Cambodia

by Joned Suryatmoko (Indonesia) about the need to get rich quick in Bali

by Alfian Saat (Singapore) about the conflict between faith and morality

  --The Asiatic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sa'at, Alfian

Quintos, Floy

Bunnag, Tew

Lee, Ann

Suryatmoko, Joned

Tay, Jean

Chh,

Robson, Cheryl

Mellor, Aubrey

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bunrith, Suon

Hatley, Barbara