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Theater in New Zealand began as a tool of the British Empire, imported along with Christianity, seeds, and other commodities as a way of acculturating the indigenous Maori population. In the decades since, it has been turned to different ends, and is now a crucial outlet for the voices of the ever more diverse population of New Zealanders. This collection gathers some of the most interesting recent plays that engage explicitly with social issues, which are organized so that, together, they present a vivid picture of what it means to be living in New Zealand in the first decades of the twenty-first century, as people grapple with lingering colonialism and the increasing globalization of everyday life.

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[A] collection of six plays allied through their thematic exploration of twenty-first-century Aotearoa New Zealand identity against the backdrop of colonialism, post-colonialism, multiculturalism and globalisation. This diverse set of plays invites a broad readership and, as such, the anthology represents an important step towards the wider dissemination of New Zealand drama to an international readership. Furthermore, half of the plays in the collection have never before been published, offering readers the opportunity to experience the scripts for the first time in published form. -- Australasian Drama Review

"""[A] collection of six plays allied through their thematic exploration of twenty-first-century Aotearoa New Zealand identity against the backdrop of colonialism, post-colonialism, multiculturalism and globalisation. This diverse set of plays invites a broad readership and, as such, the anthology represents an important step towards the wider dissemination of New Zealand drama to an international readership. Furthermore, half of the plays in the collection have never before been published, offering readers the opportunity to experience the scripts for the first time in published form.""-- ""Australasian Drama Review"""

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Sharon Mazer is Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand.

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