About the Book:List of Illustrations Series Editor’s Preface Preface Introduction: colonial foundations and precessions of postcoloniality Unimaginable Communities: theatres of Eurasian and Chinese Batavia Sites of Disappearance: expatriate ghosts on ephemeral stages Despite Their Failings: spectres of foreign professionalism Hamlet and Caligula: echoes of a voice, unclear in origin Umat as Rakyat: performing Islam through veils of nationalism Teater Reformasi: the lingering smile of the absent father Conclusion: forgetting the monotonous nation Appendix. a timeline of ‘Indonesian’ and ‘Batavian’ histories Notes Works Cited Index