topics: |  drama | southeast-asia | japan | china | sri-lanka | india | iran | korea

A great book with 14 plays for children, with costume illustrations and
other staging details.  The plays are modern and turn on unusual themes; a
rare selection.

Contents

AUSTRALIA: Greg Mc Kart : Making Friends
BURMA: P. Aung Khin:
CHINA: Bao Lei : Little bear and his guests (incl music score by Chen
	Fanggian, tr. Wu Ming)
INDIA: Vijay Tendulkar: Bobby (tr. Kumud Mehta)
       Bobby, a modern girl, imagines encountering Akbar, Shivaji, Birbal in
       school and then Mickey Mouse and the moon.  Each character disappears
       when she stops thinking of them.  Eventually Papa and Mummy come back
       from the movie they have gone out for, leaving her behind.
INDONESIA: Hardjono Wiryosoetrisno: The Kite
IRAN: Behrouz Gharibpoor: Everything in its proper time (tr. Mohaqmmad Naghavi)
	The four neighbouring villages of Shocksburg, Sneersburg, Snarlsburg,
	and Joysburg.  A misunderstanding about a sound in a cave leads
	eventually to war; its resolution reveals the need for talking to
	each other about our problems.
JAPAN: Michio Katoh: The little mimic (tr. Kyoko Matsuoka)
	The little mimic is a boy who imitates others to infuriation.  In the
	end his targets get together and starts imitating him, and cure him.
MALAYSIA: Herani Ismail Suki: Tortoise and his flute
NEPAL: Shiva Adhikari : The boy Siddhartha
PHILLIPPINES: Rene O. Villanueva: Teeny-weeny-tiny H.
KOREA: Yong-Jun, Y.: The anchovy of the east sea (tr. Ahn Jung-Hyo)
SINGAPORE: Jessie-Wee: Twin Aliens
SRI LANKA: Lelia Ekanayake: The tale of the tar doll
THAILAND: Thanika Tappadit: The Shadow (tr. Onchuna Yuthavong)