Kumu Kahua Plays
In Hawaii an exciting tradition of local drama is reaching new audiences with plays that deal directly, often humorously, with life in this polychrome island state. The eight plays collected in this anthology celebrate the spirit of that tradition and offer an uninhibited feast for the ear - local l...
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| description | In Hawaii an exciting tradition of local drama is reaching new audiences with plays that deal directly, often humorously, with life in this polychrome island state. The eight plays collected in this anthology celebrate the spirit of that tradition and offer an uninhibited feast for the ear - local language as it is spoken in contemporary Hawaii. In style and subject matter, the plays fall naturally into pairs: Ashes and Reunion are realistic dramas about problems of identity among the Japanese in Hawaii; Oranges Are Lucky and All Brand New Classical Chinese Theater add a touch of surrealism to their treatment of Chinese Americans; In the Alley and Paradise Tours depict the urbanized pressures of jet-age Hawaii at odds with older rhythms of life; and the last two plays, although written for a contemporary audience, draw on classical models- The Travels of Heikiki follows the structure of the historical pageant play, and the hugely popular Twelf Nite O Wateva! is a pidgin adaptation of Shakespeare's play. Carroll's introduction is a pioneering essay on the development of local drama that outlines the historical and theatrical context of these plays. The book is complete with a glossary of the pidgin words that appear in five of the eight plays. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1144572024-03-25T18:27:54Z Kumu Kahua Plays Carroll, Dennis Language & Literature thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DD Plays, playscripts In Hawaii an exciting tradition of local drama is reaching new audiences with plays that deal directly, often humorously, with life in this polychrome island state. The eight plays collected in this anthology celebrate the spirit of that tradition and offer an uninhibited feast for the ear - local language as it is spoken in contemporary Hawaii. In style and subject matter, the plays fall naturally into pairs: Ashes and Reunion are realistic dramas about problems of identity among the Japanese in Hawaii; Oranges Are Lucky and All Brand New Classical Chinese Theater add a touch of surrealism to their treatment of Chinese Americans; In the Alley and Paradise Tours depict the urbanized pressures of jet-age Hawaii at odds with older rhythms of life; and the last two plays, although written for a contemporary audience, draw on classical models- The Travels of Heikiki follows the structure of the historical pageant play, and the hugely popular Twelf Nite O Wateva! is a pidgin adaptation of Shakespeare's play. Carroll's introduction is a pioneering essay on the development of local drama that outlines the historical and theatrical context of these plays. The book is complete with a glossary of the pidgin words that appear in five of the eight plays. 2023-10-05T10:06:17Z 2023-10-05T10:06:17Z 1983 book ONIX_20231005_9780824883744_236 9780824883744 9780824808051 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/114457 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvp7d54x University of Hawai'i Press 10.2307/j.ctvp7d54x 10.2307/j.ctvp7d54x e44031ed-f19b-493a-b6b0-2a6d8788d971 b799502e-ac20-4c6a-b731-c07677ba0ea5 9780824883744 9780824808051 [...] open access |
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