The Lontar Anthology of Indonesian Drama, Vol. 2

Building a National Theater

E-Book - The Lontar Anthology of Indonesian Drama, Vol. 2 - Cover

by Michael Bodden


This volume looks at the styles and issues that characterized Indonesian national theater from the 1920s to the 1960s. Just governance, women's rights, endemic poverty, and corruption are just a few of the themes taken up by Indonesian playwrights of the tumultuous four decades between the rise of nationalism and the overthrow Indonesia’s first president, Sukarno, in 1965.

The Lontar Foundation, Oct. 5, 2015, 448 pages
Languages: English
ISBNs: 9789881516176 (EBOOK), 9789798083716 (PRINT)
Keywords: Indonesian literature, drama, playscripts, translation, anthology

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