Eastern 11

The first of its kind in English, this anthology translates twenty-two popular Chinese plays published between 1919 and 2000, accompanied by a critical introduction to the historical, cultural, and ……続きを見る

This condensed anthology reproduces close to a dozen plays from Xiaomei Chen's well-received original collection, The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama, along with her critical introduction……続きを見る

Carefully selected and represented, the plays in this collection showcase both the fantastic and the realistic innovations of Korean dramatists during a time of rapid social and historical change. S……続きを見る

From the early years of the Common Era to 1700, Indian intellectuals explored with unparalleled subtlety the place of emotion in art. Their investigations led to the deconstruction of art's formal s……続きを見る

Wondrous Brutal Fictions presents eight seminal works from the seventeenth-century Japanese sekkyo and ko-joruri puppet theaters, many translated into English for the first time. Both poignant and d……続きを見る

This anthology features translations of ten seminal plays written during the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), a period considered the golden age of Chinese theater. By turns lyrical and earthy, sentimental……続きを見る

First half of 20th century was full of events that affected mankind for decades to come - The world wars, the great depression, the Spanish flu pandemic. The first half of 21st century is turning ou……続きを見る

There are brothers, princes, sworn enemies and rulers of their own vast lands. But, prophecy and the sanctified scrolls of the king, their late father, state that there must be a king to rule over t……続きを見る

Questo insolito dramma del premio Nobel Rabindranath Tagore ha una trama altrettanto insolita che ruota attorno alla figura di un re misterioso e onnisciente che è sia benevolo che saggio, ma prova ……続きを見る

Cresciuta come un guerriero per volontà del padre, Chitra ha imparato a combattere e a non piegarsi. Ma non ha mai imparato a essere amata. Quando incontra Arjuna, il più grande degli eroi, qualcosa……続きを見る

In her cell in Rangoon's Insein prison, Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi – incarcerated by Burma's military dictatorship for almost 20 years – tells her story. Richard Shannon's powerful an……続きを見る

This new version of William Wycherley 's most famous classic, The Country Wife has been adapted by Tanika Gupta, one of the country 's leading playwrights. This contemporary farce tells the story of……続きを見る

Jamaica: a sensual paradise where the sun, sea and sand are free but anything more comes at a price. Welcome to the 21st century where women travel across the world in search of sex, love, and liber……続きを見る

Vira hasn't seen her sister Deesh for years. Deesh's kids, Amy and Bill, want to know why but nobody's telling them anything. When Deesh invites her sister to Amy's flashy party, Vira reckons it's t……続きを見る

Teenage sisters Affy and Di look out for each other. Dying to escape their violent life, they move from dreams to betrayal - with devastating results.Inside Out, a Clean Break commission, is the pro……続きを見る

Drawing on the themes of cruelty, imperialism and betrayal, Hideki Noda and Colin Teevan's new play, The Diver, ingeniously links the ancient Japanese Tales of Genji with a Noh theatre play and a co……続きを見る

Fatima Merchant is feisty and strong-willed. At 17, she drinks, smokes and parties. On the eve of her 18th birthday, without word or warning or explanation, she adopts the hijab. Suddenly, to her fr……続きを見る

A London churchyard becomes a sanctuary for the gardener Kabir. When a photograph of an African church appears in this little Eden, a complex drama of morality and conscience unfolds. Sanctuary was ……続きを見る

On the eve of his release from Feltham Young Offenders Institution, Zahid Mubarek, a young British Asian man, was attacked by his racist cellmate. One week later he died of his injuries. How was thi……続きを見る

16 year old Louisa wakes up on lock down surrounded by debris from last night's blow out. Josh has vanished but she's not alone and is beginning to feel the heat. She must decide whether or not to d……続きを見る

'The foreign devils will be entranced by our performance and line our path back to Shandong with gold and cherry blossoms…' Shandong Province, Northern China. Times are tough in Horse Shoe Village.……続きを見る

The first collection of plays from Indian playwright Abhishek Majumdar, in Hindi. 続きを見る

A family held together with one lifeline – food. Helen has grown up in the UK, but always felt a piece of her story was missing. Amidst the skyscrapers and bustling streets of Hong Kong, she meets h……続きを見る

“I just lit up. I did not burn” In a remote Tibetan village, Deshar, a young runaway has disowned her father Tsering and become a Buddhist nun. In Lhasa, Chinese Commander Deng is working for the fu……続きを見る

The first performance in The Space, Tanika Gupta's Fragile Land is about what nationhood means for second generation immigrants: revealing the complexities of life for a new generation of young Lond……続きを見る

“We have to be careful, we can’t trust anyone. But, in the dark, your thoughts are your own.” Crossing military borders and class divides, P’yongyang tells the epic love story of two North Korean ch……続きを見る

Widower Hari Hobson has a successful dress-making business and three daughters. The oldest, Durga, is the brains behind the operation. 'Can't we choose husbands for ourselves?' I've been telling you……続きを見る

An essential introduction to the British East Asian theatrical community, this is a collection of full plays, short plays and monologues from British East Asian writers, including Jingan Young, Kath……続きを見る

Two daughters, two mothers, one father, a cardboard cut-out and a foul-mouthed granny – a household at war with itself, and a family which will do anything to protect its' secrets. Behsharam (Shamel……続きを見る

Aaron and Anita are in lust. They're the last to think there could be any long-term future in the relationship. At thirty, Anita is, according to her mother Chitra, past her sell by date, whilst Aar……続きを見る