ANTHOLOGY OF 20TH CENTURY LITERATURE

THE LONTAR ANTHOLOGY OF INDONESIAN DRAMA (LAID)

Vol 1-3

The Lontar Anthology of Indonesian Drama, a three-volume anthology, is the first-ever

comprehensive historical collection of Indonesian plays in translation. This anthology
represents the “home” of many of the most significant Indonesian dramatic works of the
20th century.

Volume 1: Plays for the Popular Stage (1890-1960),

Matthew Isaac Cohen (ed)
The popular stages of Indonesia offer a window to inter-ethnic cultural
obsessions and signs of participation in global trends. It includes
examples from the diverse genres that make up Indonesian popular
theater: komedi stambul, a form of musical theater initially dedicated
to the Arabian Nights; opera derma or Chinese-Indonesian ‘charity
opera’; and tonil, theatre in the mold of European realist social drama.

ISBN Vol 1 978-979-8083-70-9; 15.3 x 23 cm; xvii + 273 pages; 400 gr.
@US$ 25 or sold as set Vol. 1-3 for IDR 750.000; US$ 90

Volume 2: Building a National Theater (1926-1965)

Michael Bodden (ed)
The first four decades of the national art theater in Indonesia (1926-1965) were a
period of fascinating experimentation undertaken by elite intellectuals heavily
influenced by, and attempting to come to terms with, the forms and styles of western
theater. The present volume contains a selection of dramas representative of this
exciting and pivotal era in the construction of Indonesia’s modern national art theater.
It begins with nationalist allegories, then moves to psychological and social-realist
works.

ISBN Vol 2 978-979-8083-71-6; 15.3 x 23 cm; xv + 432 pages; 650 gr.

@US$ 32 or sold as set Vol. 1-3 for IDR 750.000; US$ 90
Literature/Fiction/Drama/English

Volume 3: New Directions (1965-1998)

Cobina Gillit (ed)
As the New Order government became increasingly authoritarian, censoring and crushing public opposition openly and
often brutally, there was a clear shift in playwriting style from allegorical fairytales of wordplay, humor and oblique
reference to a more direct engagement, interrogation, and call to arms. All in all, Indonesian drama during the New
Order provides a fascinating window into a society caught between the legacy of tradition, the challenge of repression,
and a strong desire for democratization.

ISBN Vol 1 978-979-8083-72-3; 15.3 x 23 cm; xvi + 517 pages, 800 gr.
@US$ 38 or sold as set Vol. 1-3 for IDR 750.000; US$ 90

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