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Product DescriptionBangsawan--the first popular urban commercial theatre in Malaysia--emerged in the late nineteenth century as an adaptation of the Parsi theatre of India which toured Malaya. This book traces stylistic changes ofBangsawan from the late nineteenth century to the 1980s, linking these changes tosocio-political transformations in Malaysian society.Review"Bedside companion for a week, coffee-table adornment for a month, and for ever a place on the shelves from which it can be easily and quickly retrieved: that should be the lot of this uncommonly handsome production with its 400 years of history to recount...and its scholarship and thoughtfulnesswhich are both scrupulous and engaging."--Id