Author Description

"Patriotism: do you have it? How does one express it? Is it worth it? The Singapore Trilogy -- consisting of Are You There, Singapore?, One Year Back Home and Changi -- has raised questions since the seventies about nationhood that we are still asking today. Influential in steering early English-language theatre in Singapore away from its colonial roots, Robert Yeo conceived of characters that are believably local in speech, thought and behaviour, and provided a dramatic platform for the dialogue of politically sensitive issues. Yeo's trilogy continues to link to an exciting time of sociopolitical flux in Singapore's history, and engages by provoking us to explore the meaning of being Singaporean"--Publisher.