Lakon-lakon teater dalam buku ini, yang terdiri dari dua lakon monolog atau monoplay dan tiga lakon full play, dikumpulkan dengan kurang mempertimbangkan segi kelayakan (kualitas) terbit, maupun kelayakannya sebagai lakon teater. Tujuan utama saya menerbitkannya (baca: mengumpulkannya) menjadi sebuah buku lebih didasari oleh keinginan untuk menghimpunnya dalam sebuah dokumentasi karya yang lebi…
Sebuah lakon yang memaparkan represi kuasa terhadap kebebasan bersuara masyarakat dari masa ke masa; dipentaskan oleh Teater SAE pada 1991, dan menjadi salah satu karya Teater SAE yang banyak dibicarakan para kritikus teater di dalam dan luar Indonesia. Penulisnya menyebut lakon ini seperti sebuah "teater-buku" yang adegan-adegannya mengandung kutipan-kutipan teks pendapat Sukarno tentang pers,…
from the back cover: A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of this century. The city has changed greatly since that time, but its people are much the same. Some are rich, some are poor, some are happy, some are sad, some have found love, some are looking for love. O. Henry's famous short stories - sensitiv…
from the back cover: This is the most famous of all Shakespeare's plays - a story of passionate young love. What's in a name? Does it really matter if you are called Montague or Capulet? When Romeo, son of Lord and Lady Montague, falls in love with the most beautiful girl he's ever seen, he finds out that it does matter. It makes all the difference in the world, because both families hate e…
from the back cover: There are two love stories in this fast-moving comedy. Brave young Claudio and Leonato's pretty daughter Hero are in love and want to marry, but Don John has a wicked plan to stop their wedding. Will he succeed, or will the truth come out? Will Claudio and Hero marry, after all? Beatrice and Benedick are always arguing with each other, but how do they really feel? Perha…
Chekhov's plays express life through subtle construction, everyday dialogue, and an electrically charged atmosphere. This collection includes Ivav, The Sea Gull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. Revised reissue.