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  1. The legacy of stylistic theatre in the creation of a modern Sinhala drama in Sri Lanka /
    Published: 2024.; ©2024
    Publisher:  Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,, Abingdon, Oxon ;

    "This book explores the development of Sinhala stylistic drama from its earliest manifestations to the post-independence era. Bulathsinghala examines the impact of indigenous and imported folk theatrical forms on the work of the most significant... more

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    "This book explores the development of Sinhala stylistic drama from its earliest manifestations to the post-independence era. Bulathsinghala examines the impact of indigenous and imported folk theatrical forms on the work of the most significant postcolonial dramatists and on key plays that they produced. In the process, their study explores a number of myths and misunderstandings regarding Sri Lanka's folk heritage and seeks to establish more reliable information on the principal indigenous Sri Lankan folk dramatic forms and their characteristics. At the same time, by drawing connections between folk drama and the post-independence stylistic theatrical movement, the author demonstrates the essential role of the former in Sinhala culture prior to the advent of Western and other influences and show how both continue to inflect Sri Lankan drama today. This book will help to open the field of South Asian drama studies to an audience consisting not only of scholars and students, but also of general readers who are interested in the fields of drama and theatre and Asian studies"--

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781003212263; 1003212263; 9781040021712; 1040021719; 9781040021729; 1040021727
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    Series: Routledge advances in theatre & performance studies
    Subjects: Folk drama, Sinhalese; Theater; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General; PERFORMING ARTS / General; PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning
    Scope: 1 online resource (ix, 279 pages).
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.

  2. The legacy of stylistic theatre in the creation of a modern Sinhala drama in Sri Lanka
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon ; Taylor & Francis Group, London

    "This book explores the development of Sinhala stylistic drama from its earliest manifestations to the post-independence era. Bulathsinghala examines the impact of indigenous and imported folk theatrical forms on the work of the most significant... more

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    "This book explores the development of Sinhala stylistic drama from its earliest manifestations to the post-independence era. Bulathsinghala examines the impact of indigenous and imported folk theatrical forms on the work of the most significant postcolonial dramatists and on key plays that they produced. In the process, their study explores a number of myths and misunderstandings regarding Sri Lanka's folk heritage and seeks to establish more reliable information on the principal indigenous Sri Lankan folk dramatic forms and their characteristics. At the same time, by drawing connections between folk drama and the post-independence stylistic theatrical movement, the author demonstrates the essential role of the former in Sinhala culture prior to the advent of Western and other influences and show how both continue to inflect Sri Lankan drama today. This book will help to open the field of South Asian drama studies to an audience consisting not only of scholars and students, but also of general readers who are interested in the fields of drama and theatre and Asian studies"--...

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781003212263; 1003212263; 9781040021712; 1040021719; 9781040021729; 1040021727
    Other identifier:
    Series: Routledge advances in theatre & performance studies
    Subjects: Folk drama, Sinhalese; Theater; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General; PERFORMING ARTS / General; PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource