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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewModern Korean Drama is a long overdue publication for English-speaking readers. These plays, as the editor rightly claims, are truly representative of modern Korean drama written by Korean writers and presented for Korean audiences. Subject matter is drawn from Korean history, culture, wars, and more, yet they are written under the influence of diverse past theaters-traditional Korean performing arts, Western-influenced realism, the Korean version of the theater of cruelty, and the Theater of the Absurd. This publication is an ultimate triumph not only for the authors, translators, editor, and publisher but also for students of Korean drama and potential audiences in English-speaking theater communities. -- Oh-Kon Cho, State University of New York at Brockport If one has to pick just one book, either to be initiated into the modern dramatic tradition of Korea or to teach Korean drama in classes such as world theater or Korean cultural studies, this is the right volume.Journal of Asian Studies -- Suk-Young Kim Journal of Asian Studies Finely produced and meticulously edited.Taipei Times -- Bradley Winterton Taipei Times an invaluable reference for anyone interested in Korean theatre -- Jan Creutzenberg Acta Koreana This text will be useful to those seeking a textbook on Korean modern drama because it includes background and playable, accessible translations. Asian Theatre Journal
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Editor's Notes Introduction Ch'a Pomsok, Burning Mountain (Sanbul, 1962) Pak Choyol, O Chang-gun's Toenail (O Chang-gun ui palt'op, 1974) Yi Manhui, Please Turn Off the Lights (Pul chom kko chuseyo, 1992) O T'aesok, Bellflower (Toraji, 1994) Yi Kangbaek, A Feeling, Like Nirvana (Nuggim kugnak kat'un, 1998) Pak Kunhyong, In Praise of Youth (Ch'ongch'un yech'an, 1999) Pae Samshik, Ch'oe Sunghui (Ch'oe Sunghui, 2004) Appendix: Theater in Seoul Bibliography Translators
