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Title: | The Modernization of Thai Dance-Drama, with Special Reference to the Reign of king Chulalongkorn. | ||||
Author: | Rutnin, M. M. |
ISNI:
0000 0001 2463 8138
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Awarding Body: | School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) | ||||
Current Institution: | SOAS, University of London | ||||
Date of Award: | 1978 | ||||
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Abstract: | |||||
Classical dance-drama has been a vital part of Thai life
since the late Ayudhaya period to the present. This is due largely
to the unfailing efforts of Thai kings, poets, and dramatists in
promoting, developing, and preserving the khan and lakhqn, both
in the living dramatic forms on stage and in literary texts :
the bot khan and bot lakhqn.
Despite political, economic and social changes and
crises, the continuation of the classical khon and lakhqn ram
(dance-drama) has been uninterrupted because it has always been
subjected to an unceasing process of modernization Which, in most
cases, was led by the Thai monarchs of the past. The serious
concern to please the tastes and to serve the needs, of a new , generation of audiences in each period has stimulated the leaders
in dramatic circles to experiment with new ideas and concepts in
order to present their khan and lakhqn in more effective and
more attractive ways, which are pleasing to the eye and ear in
a simple, direct way, as well as giving to the audiences the
fullest possible dramatic entertainment.
As political and social problems became major issues
in modern times, classical dance-drama began to change its role
and function from being mere public entertainment, or a quasi
religious attribute of the royal court, to being an agent for
political and social change. This started at the end of the
Fifth Reign, and increased in significance in the Sixth, Eighth
and Ninth Reigns.
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Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.471258 | DOI: | Not available | ||
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