Dance, Drama and Theatre in Thailand: The Process of Development and Modernization - Softcover

Rutnin, Mattani Mojdara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9743900063 ISBN 13: 9789743900068

Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr, 1996

Synopsis

Dance, Drama, and Theatre in Thailand (Revised Editions) The Process of Development and Modernization Author: Mattani Mojdara Rutnin Year of Publication: 2012. 327pp.(New picture cover, This edition is contact to New Bam Superstore only.) Thai classical dance and dance-drama have been integral parts of Thai culture from the beginning of its history to the present day. They flourished and evolved throughout the Sukhothai, Ayutthaya, and Ratanakosin periods under royal patronage, and since 1932, under the constitutional government. The creative innovations and experiments in classical dance-drama that were begun during the reign of King Chulalongkorn, Rama V, continue to influence the works of dramatists today. Dance, Drama, and Theatre in Thailand presents comprehensively the development of Thai performing arts throughout their long history, and explores their meaning and life force, an understanding of which still lives creatively within the bloodstream of Thai people today. The book a

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 9743900063
• ISBN 13: 9789743900068
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312