Variations of Lakhon
The age of Western theatre and cinema led lakhon to develop in a more realistic direction, creating lakhon phud or spoken lakhon. There was also an operatic, completely sung, form of lakhon. During the reign of Rama V (1868–1910) Thai classical dance was revived, although it received strong foreign influences at the same time. This led to lakhon phantang, where foreign influences such as “ethnic” costume and Chinese martial arts were adapted to basically Thai-style dance-drama.
A well-known example of the lakhon phantang style is a play called Saming Phra Ram Asa. It is part of a larger work called Rajathirai, describing the many conflicts between the Burmese and the Chinese in the fifteenth century. The various nationalities wear their own costumes; for example, a Chinese general, displaying his martial arts in the fighting scenes, is dressed in Chinese opera costume. Thus, one branch oflakhon developed as a historical play with its requirements of naturalism and “local flavour” in somewhat the same way as Western theatre did in the nineteenth century.
Variations of LakhonThe age of Western theatre and cinema led lakhon to develop in a more realistic direction, creating lakhon phud or spoken lakhon. There was also an operatic, completely sung, form of lakhon. During the reign of Rama V (1868–1910) Thai classical dance was revived, although it received strong foreign influences at the same time. This led to lakhon phantang, where foreign influences such as “ethnic” costume and Chinese martial arts were adapted to basically Thai-style dance-drama.A well-known example of the lakhon phantang style is a play called Saming Phra Ram Asa. It is part of a larger work called Rajathirai, describing the many conflicts between the Burmese and the Chinese in the fifteenth century. The various nationalities wear their own costumes; for example, a Chinese general, displaying his martial arts in the fighting scenes, is dressed in Chinese opera costume. Thus, one branch oflakhon developed as a historical play with its requirements of naturalism and “local flavour” in somewhat the same way as Western theatre did in the nineteenth century.
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