The Analysis of Her Serene Highness Princess ChalermkhetrMagala’s Plays as Performance Literature

Abstract

The objective of this research is to study and analyze the plays composed by Her Serene Highness Princess Chalermkhetr Magala as performance literature. This study is documentary research. The data was collected by studying the dialogue and musical plays composed by the princess which were published in a book commemorating the royal cremation ceremony in 1957. The princess was a talented composer who composed two plays namely Panji Misarangwhich was adapted from the book translated from the original Indonesian legend and Rungfa Doi Sing adapted from the novel of the same name. From the analysis of the play, it was found that the plays have had performance literature value in terms of their content, character creation and language use. It is critical for plays to hold such values and act as a tool to promote learning and creativity of individuals and the society.