Table of Contents

An Introduction: Of Nations and their TheatresDon RubinThe Blooming of a Thousand Flowers: An Introduction to Theatre in Asia and the PacificDon Rubin and Katharine BrisbaneAsia's Modern Theatres: Encounters with TraditionA.J. GunawardanaAsian Identity and Modern TheatreRavi ChaturvediTheatre for Young Audiences: History and HomogenizationWolfgang WöhlertPuppet Theatre: Touching the Sacred RootsHenryk JurkowskiAfghanistan (Overview)AustraliaBangladeshBhutan (Overview)Brunei Darussalam (Overview)Cambodia (Overview)ChinaIndiaIndonesiaIranJapanKazakhstan (Overview)Laos (Overview)MalaysiaMongolia (Overview)Myanmar (Overview)NepalNew ZealandPakistanPapua New Guinea (Overview)PhilippinesSingapore (Overview)South Pacific (Overview)Sri Lanka (Overview)Tajikistan (Overview)Thailand (Overview)Turkmenistan (Overview)UzbekistanVietnam (Overview)Further Reading: Asia/PacificInternational Reference: Selected BibliographyWriters and National Editorial CommitteesIndex

About the Author

Brisbane, Katherine; Chaturvedi, Ravi; Majumdar, Ramendu; Pong, Chua Soo; Tanokura, Minoru

Reviews

'... a very useful introduction to a wide variety of theatre genres, institutions and artists, particularly those developed during the post-colonial era.' - Andrew Weintraub Times Literary Supplement August 27 1999

'Writers from almost every nation on earth profile native expressions of music, dance, and puppet an dramatic theater since 1945 and comment on trends in design, training, criticism, and scholarship, in six insightful, inclusive, and entertaining volumes.' New York Public Library named The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre, Six-Volume Set as one of their Best of Reference selections, April 2002