Bakdi Soemanto

Life must be faced with common sense. And the theater is the reflection of life with a common sense in various forms of propriety and relaxed attitudes. Relaxation was Umar Kayams life situation.

Rendra, the dramatist, admitted that it was Umar Kayam who made him a serious artist. The occasion was the preparation for the performance of Only Once, a work by John Galsworthy and Robert Middlemen adapted by Sitor Situmorang. The performa