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Editor's Note

Editor's Note editor’s note In 1977, as a graduate student at the University of Hawai‘i, I gathered fellow students to create Asian Theatre Reports, a mimeo- graphed publication with information gleaned from Asian artists in Hawai‘i and graduate students recently returned from research in Asia. I started that endeavor for purely selfish reasons—I was about to begin what was then called field research and needed a Lonely Planet of the arts to lead me to where theatre was happening. In retrospect, I realize my peers and I were a bit like Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in saying, “Hey, kids! Let’s make a publica- tion!” Still, we seeded something bigger. James Brandon eventually expanded that rough effort into Asian Theatre Journal. He and Eliza- beth Wichmann made it scholarly and substantive, and writers from around the world used it to communicate and debate. Samuel Leiter took over editorship and shaped it further. He published numerous play translations—making scripts accessible in English. He developed bibliographic materials (the next issue will have an example) and ini- tiated the emerging scholars papers—the fruit of the Association for Asian Performance Debut Panel. Professor Leiter has the deep thanks and admiration of those around the globe http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Theatre Journal University of Hawai'I Press

Editor's Note

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Asian Theatre Journal , Volume 22 (1) – Feb 15, 2005
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editor’s note In 1977, as a graduate student at the University of Hawai‘i, I gathered fellow students to create Asian Theatre Reports, a mimeo- graphed publication with information gleaned from Asian artists in Hawai‘i and graduate students recently returned from research in Asia. I started that endeavor for purely selfish reasons—I was about to begin what was then called field research and needed a Lonely Planet of the arts to lead me to where theatre was happening. In retrospect, I realize my peers and I were a bit like Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in saying, “Hey, kids! Let’s make a publica- tion!” Still, we seeded something bigger. James Brandon eventually expanded that rough effort into Asian Theatre Journal. He and Eliza- beth Wichmann made it scholarly and substantive, and writers from around the world used it to communicate and debate. Samuel Leiter took over editorship and shaped it further. He published numerous play translations—making scripts accessible in English. He developed bibliographic materials (the next issue will have an example) and ini- tiated the emerging scholars papers—the fruit of the Association for Asian Performance Debut Panel. Professor Leiter has the deep thanks and admiration of those around the globe

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Published: Feb 15, 2005

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