Three Plays by Asian Australians edited by Don Batchelor

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners.

The Monkey Mother by Binh Duy Ta - A lyrical drama celebrating in an inter-cultural marriage between two young people told in a unique blend of myth, music, poetry and martial arts-based movement.

Chinese Take Away by Anna Yen - Three generations of women make a figurative journey from the mores of Old China to those of contemporary Australia. A tragic-comic one-woman show richly realised in verbal and circus languages.

The Butterfly Seer by Indija N Mahjoeddin - A reproduction of the Sumatran Randai form depicting the tribulations that beset Ayesha, a visionary who challenges her village neighbours to join her on a pilgrimage to Mecca, and the tensions that arise for her devoted follower, Osman the clown.