description: "The Playful Revolution is an entertaining journal.... exemplary..." -- Illusions"The Playful Revolution breaks new groundby documenting developmental theatre in Asia in its current socio-political andeconomic ethos... " -- New Theatre Quarterly" T]hisbook is the account of a personal journey through Asia, a written documentary of aquest to find political theatre that really works and that possesses a vitality andpassion that the contemporary Western theatre seems to have lost." -- from thebookIn this groundbreaking book, van Erven reports on theliberation theatre movements throughout Asia, which include a diverse collection ofcreative artists whose politics range from liberal to revolutionary but who allshare a common goal of using grass-roots theatre as an agent ofliberation.
language: English
title: The Playful Revolution: Theatre and Liberation in Asia
titlecomplete: The Playful Revolution: Theatre and Liberation in Asia (Drama and Performance Studies)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Indiana University Press