Comparison of Thai Social Reflection in the Three Kingdoms Dance drama by Khun Senanuchit (Chet) and Laung Phathanapongphakdi

Abstract

          Thai dance drama began to develop greatly during the reign of King Rama V, in which there was significant social development and an increase of international relationship causing rewriting of foreign literature in the form of Thai dance drama, one of foreign literature that is very popular among Thai people and composed into plays, namely Three Kingdoms. This article aims to study the comparison of Thai social reflection in the Three Kingdoms dance drama by Khun Senanuchit (Chet) and Laung Phathanapongphakdi, by analyzing the same and different reflections of Thai society in dance drama. The research results indicate that the same reflection in Thai society is culture, including the culture of showing respect, culture of eating, and the different reflections in Thai society are technology and important events in the reign of King Rama V appearing only in the Three Kingdoms Dance drama by Khun Senanuchit (Chet), including newspapers, post and telegraph, rice mills, and cholera outbreaks.