The Cambridge guide to Asian theatre

• Other Authors: Banham, Martin, Brandon, James R
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1993
• Subjects: Theater > Dictionaries > Asia; Performing arts > Dictionaries > Asia
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• Physical Description: viii, 253 pages illustration 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780521416238

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.