Alienation effect in Kee Thuan Chye’s Wayang Kulit adaptations in 1984 Here and Now and The Big Purge

• Main Authors: Ali Termizi, Arbaayah, Hoo, Poh Ying, Mohd Said, Nur Aainaa Amira, Abdullah Sani, Faris
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/45896/1/WAYANG.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/45896/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/pjssh/browse/regular-issue?article=JSSH-6755-2020

Existing studies have acknowledged the respective influence of Brechtian epic theatre and the adaptation of wayang kulit in Kee Thuan Chye’s plays, though largely keeping them as two separate entities. This paper focuses on Kee’s adaptation of wayang kulit in his first two published plays, namely 19...