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scholars’ opinion between the end of the Pandawa cycle and the beginning of the gëdog cycle. A set of wayai3 puppets, in some respects different from those belonging to the other cycles, were made at the Prince’s order. The wayav, madya never become popular, though, even in Surakarta. The idea of filling the gap by means of a wayav, madya appealed also to other Javanese playwrights, namely the obscure authors of popular Yog- yakarta plays mentioned by Moens’s infor mants (see cod. 10.922, para. 43.150). The Maqkunagaran wayav, madya pakëm was published in the thirties by Balé Pus- taka in Batavia. 31.121 Surakarta pakëm of wayan} madya plays, Marjkunagaran: cod. 6683 a-e. 31.130 Wayai) Gëdog plays. Though far less popular than the wayav, purwa cycle, wayan3 gëdog plays did attract the attention of some late nineteenth and twentieth cen tury Surakarta authors. Again the idea of completing the whole of allegedly historical dramatic literature, beginning from the time of ancient myths and epics down to the period of Javanese Royalty, was the incen tive. The wayav, madya and wayav, gëdog Pakëms of Surakarta were written by ad mirers of Rat3ga Warsita’s encyclopedic work on Javanese history, the Pustaka Raja (see 28.400). Unlike the wayav, purwa plays, wayav, gëdog pakëms were hardly ever Published. Under the present head some wayav, gëdog pakëms of Surakarta and Yogyakarta origin, written or collected by Javanese scholars, have been registered. In Surakarta and Yogyakarta wayan3 gëdog lakons were sel

dom played. In some districts of East Java, and in Bali, wayai) plays connected with the Panji (Balinese: Malat Kui)) romances still were comparatively popular. But pakëms originating from these parts are not in evidence. Probably dalaqs adhered to the old custom of making up their own plays from literary texts and oral tradition. 31.131 Yogyakarta pakëm of wayai) gëdog plays: cod. 6428 (51 plays). 31.132 Surakarta pakëms of wayai) gëdog plays: cod. 6509 (Pëksi Gatayu), 10.666 ( = BCB prtf 146, 44 plays). 31.140 The Wayai) Bèbèr theatre, exhibiting polychrome pictures on scrolls, is well-nigh extinct (see 31.080). On account of the supposedly great antiquity the still existing wayav, bèbèr scrolls attracted the interest of Dutch scholars, and some papers were written on the subject (Hazeu, Wayai) bèbèr Grogol, Gunui) Kidul, Yogyakarta, Not. KBG vol. 40, 1902, p. CLVI, and R. A. Kern, Wayai) bèbèr Pacitan, TBG vol. 51, 1909). The plays belong to the Panji cycle of tales. 31.141 Wayai) bèbèr notes: cod. 10.934, KITLV Or 354. 31.142 Panji Jaka Këmbat) Kunit), wayai) bèbèr play: cod. 10.834. 31.150 In the second half of the nineteenth century great noblemen of Surakarta and Yogyakarta organized house theatri cals. The best known was the Lai)ën Driya, originally also called Mandra Swara, be-