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A Memoir of WS Rendra
Willibrordus Surendra Broto Rendra, known as WS Rendra was born in Solo on November 7, 1935. He was a poet, writer, dramatist, cultural activist, and theater director. He was one of the most talented artists and often called “the peacock” by the press.
Rendra studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the same school as Marlon Brando, the greatest movie actor of all time. After he graduated, he returned to Indonesia in 1968, and he founded Bengkel Teater (Theater Workshop) in Yogyakarta. The group quickly astonished audience with works that were artistically experimental. Rendra rose to fame as a poet in the 1950’s. He is also credited as the man who brought modern Indonesian theater to its maturity through his experimental works with Bengkel Teater. Rendra brought traditional expressions into modern context.
In 1969, he created a series of dramas without any dialogues where actors employed their bodies and simple sounds such as bip bop, zzzz, and rambate rata-rata. The journalist poet Gunawan Mohamad dubbed these experimental performances as a “mini-word theater.”
Rendra died at the age of 73, but the remained he most influential poet in the country.
How did Bengkel Theater amaze their fans?
They created up to date artwork.
They introduced a new drama workshop.
They changed traditional theater into modern one.
They performed artistically experimental works.
They performed artwork expressions to the audience.
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