Sri Lankan theater in a time of terror : political satire in a permitted space / Ranjini Obeyesekere
- Bib ID:
- 2922235
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Obeyesekere, Ranjini
- Description:
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- Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, c1999
- 208 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0761993029 (paperback)
- 0761993010 (cloth)
- Full contents:
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- Introduction: Buddhism, Literacy, and Political Satire
- I. The Violent Decade: Theater in the 1980s
- The Political Context
- The Theater Scene
- Street Theater
- Synopses of a Few Recent Plays
- The Theater and the 'Open Economy'
- Interviews with Young Theater Artists
- II. The Development of a Theater Tradition
- Theravada Buddhism and Dramatic Performance
- The Satiric Tradition in Folk Ritual
- Folk Drama: The Continuity of the Satiric Tradition
- Sinhala Drama in Colonial Times
- Modern Drama in the Mid-Twentieth Century
- The State and the Drama Festivals
- Audiences and their Theaters
- App. 1. An Experiment in Producing a Play - The Growth and Demise of a Small Theater Group
- App. 2. Dukgannarala (The Bearer of Woes) / Prasannajit Abeysuriya.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1999
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