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Era of the Bat
Paperback
ISBN13: 9786237150220
Publisher: Lontar Foundation
Published: May 22 2024
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
The six plays in this collection by Ikranagara (1943-2023) were written and performed by his theater company Teater Saja (Simply Theater) between 1975 and 1997 during Indonesia's New Order era (1966-1998) when freedom of speech was severely curtailed under the autocratic rule of President Soeharto. The New Order regime was plagued by corruption, collusion, and nepotism with widespread allegations of government officials engaging in illicit activities for personal gain.
Ikranagara's plays comprise an ongoing dialogue on the purpose and usefulness of the arts and artists in the face of a corrupt and repressive authoritarian regime that stifles creativity while also renewing the original purpose of theater in Indonesia. Throughout his career, Ikranagara sought to find a place where he did not have to wear a mask but instead live and express himself honestly and authentically. Given the political reality in Indonesia at the time, that was impossible but he and other playwright-directors working during that period discovered that a combination of borrowing from and hybridizing traditional theater forms and aesthetics with the brutal absurdities of living in a censored and repressive society was the path to getting their theater produced and not shut down by the authorities-at least, for the most part.
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