Introduction to Thai Theatre

Thai Theatre

The period of King Borong Mogok (1732-1767) was the heyday of Thai classical theatre, with performances in the form of shadow puppets, puppet shows, and Denamwan plays.

Denangwan Theater later evolved into "Kong", the Thai mime. The main actors wore masks and expressed the drama only with dance movements and facial expressions, and there were other people who sang and dialogued. Theater at that time is divided into three kinds: namely, folk theater "Lok Khun Chatri", folk theater "Lok Khun Nok" (i.e., outside Lok Khun), court theater "Lok Khun Nai" (i.e., inside Lok Khun). The repertoire includes "Manora", "Inau", "Winnarut" and so on.