Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-459)and index.
Contents
Introduction : popular entertainment in nineteenth-century Indonesia -- 1. Surabaya's resident theater, 1891 -- 2. An itinerant theater, 1891-92 -- 3. Mahieu's magic, 1893 -- 4. Komedie Janboel, 1894-98 -- 5. An Indische theater, 1898-1903 -- 6. Mahieu's legacy -- App. Plays and tableaux performed by the Komedie Stamboel.