This volume featrues over 250, 000 words and more than 125 photographs identifying and defining theatre in more than 30 countries from India to Uzbekistan, from Thailand to New Zealand and featuring extensive documentation on contemporary Chinese, Japanese, Indian and Australian theatre.

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COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD
SPECIAL THANKS TO
DEDICATION
VOLUME FIVE: ASIA/PACIFIC
AN INTRODUCTION: OF NATIONS AND THEIR THEATRES
THE BLOOMING OF A THOUSAND FLOWERS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
ASIA’S MODERN THEATRES: ENCOUNTERS WITH TRADITION
ASIAN IDENTITY AND MODERN THEATRE
THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES: HISTORY AND HOMOGENIZATION
PUPPET THEATRE: TOUCHING THE SACRED ROOTS
THE NATIONS AND THEIR THEATRES
AFGHANISTAN
AUSTRALIA
BALI
BANGLADESH
BHUTAN
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BURMA
CAMBODIA
CEYLON
CHINA
COOK ISLANDS
FIJI
FRENCH POLYNESIA
GILBERT ISLANDS
HONG KONG
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRAN
KAMPUCHEA
JAPAN
KAMPUCHEA
KAZAKHSTAN
KHMER REPUBLIC
KIRGHIZIA
KIRIBATI
KOREA
KYRGYZSTAN
LAOS
MACAU (MACAO)
MALAYA
MALAYSIA
MELANESIA
MICRONESIA
MONGOLIA
MYANMAR
NEPAL
NEW CALEDONIA
NEW HEBRIDES
NEW ZEALAND
NORTH KOREA
NOUVELLE CALEDONIE
OUTER MONGOLIA
PAKISTAN
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
PERSIA
PHILIPPINES
POLYNESIA
POLYNESIE FRANÇAISE
REPUBLIC OF CHINA
SIAM
SINGAPORE
SOLOMON ISLANDS
SOUTH KOREA
SOUTH PACIFIC
SRI LANKA
TADJIKISTAN
TAIWAN
TAJIKISTAN
TASMANIA
THAILAND
TIBET
TONGA
TURKMENISTAN
UZBEKISTAN
VANUATU
VIETNAM
WESTERN SAMOA
FURTHER READING: ASIA/PACIFIC
INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE: SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
WRITERS AND NATIONAL EDITORIAL COMMITTEES

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