Index/Introduction
 I will admit to my trepidation.  In starting a research project of this scope, I wondered if I could cover the material in ten pages.  Ten pages seems like a lot, but when I started reading Theatre in Southeast Asia by James R. Brandon, I was amazed at the material.  Theatre in that part of the world has survived despite all of the immigration, hostile takeovers, which led to changes in social, political, and religious thought, and therefore, theatre.  What amazed me was that it survived at all.  Theatre has dug its way out of every hole it could fall into in Southeast Asia, and has survived by evolving with the changes around it.  When the town I live in can barely support less than a handful of local theatre today, I am staggered by Southeast Asia’s fight to keep it alive.  I hope these sites show how it started and what it has become.  I also want to compare it to Western Theatre, which should be familiar to us all (but probably not, though that’s a topic for another website), and how East and West have influenced each other.
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History
Characteristics of Southeast Asian vs. Western Drama
Conclusion