Indonesian Postcolonial Theatre explores modern theatrical practices in Indonesia from a performance of Hamlet in the warehouses of Dutch Batavia to Ratna Sarumpaet's feminist Muslim Antigones. The book reveals patterns linking the colonial to the postcolonial eras that often conflict with the historical narratives of Indonesian nationalism.

Autorentext
EVAN DARWIN WINET researches Indonesian and other Asian theatres. He contributed a translation of Roestam Effendi's Bebasari (Sweet Liberty) to the forthcoming Lontar Anthology of Indonesian Drama (2009). He is also a contributing editor to the Norton Anthology of Drama (2009) and a major contributor to the Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre (2007).

Inhalt
List of Illustrations Series Editor's Preface Preface Introduction: colonial foundations and precessions of postcoloniality Unimaginable Communities: theatres of Eurasian and Chinese Batavia Sites of Disappearance: expatriate ghosts on ephemeral stages Despite Their Failings: spectres of foreign professionalism Hamlet and Caligula : echoes of a voice, unclear in origin Umat as Rakyat : performing Islam through veils of nationalism Teater Reformasi : the lingering smile of the absent father Conclusion: forgetting the monotonous nation Appendix. a timeline of 'Indonesian' and 'Batavian' histories Notes Works Cited Index