Asian Drama (Critical Survey of Drama)
Introduction
Except for modern spoken drama, which was a new Western-oriented theater type introduced and created in the twentieth century, dramatic arts in Asian countries are highly developed. They are ancient, diverse, and rich in religious, cultural, social, and traditional heritage and share theatrical influences from neighboring countries. The countries of Central Asia, until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, were saddled with dual Russian and Soviet dramatic traditions, which consisted almost exclusively of plays that glorified czarist governments and Soviet...
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