He Leo Hou: A New Voice, Hawaiian Playwrights

by Alani Apio, Lee Cataluna

Overview

Drama. Pacific Island Studies. This book includes four plays written by Hawaiian playwrights that all have been successfully staged in Hawaii over the last ten years. The plays reflect "the new assertiveness in Hawaiian identity as disenchantment with conventional 'politics,'" W. Dennis Carroll, professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Hawaii at Manoa. "He Leo Hou is a powerhouse of entertainment and enlightenment." The introduction by John H.Y. Wat and Meredith M. Desha provides the contextual, social and artistic importance/relevance of the four included plays.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780910043663
Publisher:	Bamboo Ridge Press
Publication date:	11/01/2003
Pages:	269
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

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W. Dennis Carroll

"These four plays have all been successfully stages in Hawaii in the last ten years. They reflect the new assertiveness in Hawaiian identity as well as disenchantment with conventional 'politics.' He Leo Hou is a powerhouse of entertainment and enlightenment."--(W. Dennis Carroll, Department of Theatre & Dance, University of Hawaii at Manoa)