{"product_id":"the-singapore-trilogy","title":"The Singapore Trilogy","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Playwright\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/OMNI-RY_Sample.pdf?v=1657778757\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e   |   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookfies.com\/ebook\/896\/the-singapore-trilogy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eGet the e-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatriotism: do you have it? How does one express it? Is it worth it? \u003cem\u003eThe Singapore Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e—consisting of \u003cem\u003eAre You There, Singapore?\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOne Year Back Home\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eChangi\u003c\/em\u003e—has raised questions since the seventies about nationhood that we are still asking today. Influential in steering early English-language theatre in Singapore away from its colonial roots, Robert Yeo conceived of characters that are believably local in speech, thought and behaviour, and provided a dramatic platform for the dialogue of politically sensitive issues. Yeo’s trilogy continues to link to an exciting time of sociopolitical flux in Singapore’s history, and engages by provoking us to explore the meaning of being Singaporean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of these three landmark playscripts is accompanied by a new introduction from the playwright, as well as a reappraisal by Nah Dominic and Adeeb Fazah, who restaged the entire trilogy in one single condensed adaptation in March 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Yeo\u003c\/strong\u003e has published poetry and a novel, staged plays, written essays on cultural policy and theatre, compiled anthologies on Singaporean literature, and co-written books on the teaching of literature in secondary schools. In 1978, he attended the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program and was a Fulbright Scholar in 1995. For more than a decade, from 1977 onwards, he was Chairman of the Drama Advisory Committee, which helped to develop theatre in Singapore, especially English-language theatre, and for this work he was awarded the Public Service Medal in 1991. His collection of poems \u003cem\u003eLeaving Home, Mother\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 1999, and he has also staged two librettos with John Sharpley as composer, \u003cem\u003eKannagi\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) and \u003cem\u003eFences\u003c\/em\u003e (2012). Yeo was awarded the S.E.A. Write Award in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39812433903729,"sku":"9789814984379","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/SingaporeTrilogy-CV-300.jpg?v=1655260773","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-singapore-trilogy","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}