Khmer shadow theatre
A figure plate used in Nang sbek thom drama
Khmer shadow theatre (Khmer: ល្ខោនណាំងស្បែក; IPA: [lkhaon naŋ sbaek], Lakhaon Nang Sbek) are forms of shadow play in which leather shadow puppets are used. The two main genres are Sbek Thom, which features the Reamker, and Sbek Toch, which uses smaller puppets and a wide range of stories. Another genre called Sbek Por uses colored leather puppets. The shadow plays of Cambodia are closely related to and also resemble the shadow plays of Thailand (Nang yai and Nang talung), the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia (Wayang kulit).
References
- Theatre in Southeast Asia, by James R. Brandon (Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press 1967)
- Theatre in the East, by Faubion Bowers (New York T. Nelson 1956)
- The Cambridge Guide to Theater, by Martin Banham (Cambridge University Press)
- Dictionary of Traditional Southeast Asian Theatre by Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof.(Oxford University Press. 1994.)
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