"This essay collection radically reimagines the field of Indian Shakespeares by putting women at the centre. It explores the multiple ways in which women are, and have been, engaged with Shakespeare in India from the 18th century to the present day. It interweaves history, genre…
Even from the early Sanskrit tradition, theatre has been used in India to address social issues. Folk theatre publicly admonished evil-doers in society, and in the 19th century it became an important medium for raising popular consciousness against British rule. As the Independe…
"This volume begins with the assumption that 'Hindu' should not be conflated with 'Indian' (as in the case of Orientalist criticism of Indian theatre) and that modern Indian theatre need not have its starting point in classical Sanskrit drama (as many Indologists would assert). …
1. In search of a national theatre -- 2. The nation and its folk -- 3. What is Indian?
This book addresses the political and aesthetic concerns of modern Indian theatre, propelled by the urban interest in folk theatre and the popularity of Brecht. Just as Brecht's theatre held out the promise of widening the scope of middle-class concerns, of questioning the polit…
The first full-length study of BadalSircar, who brought theatre to the streets and to the masses in India.
"Habib Tanvir (1923-2009), playwright, director, actor, journalist, critic, is probably best known for his most popular play, Charandas Chor (1974). However, his real significance in the history of post-independence Indian theatre is that he signposted an important path for the …
"Habib Tanvir (1923-2009), playwright, director, actor, journalist, critic, is probably best known for his most popular play, Charandas Chor (1974). However, his real significance in the history of post-independence Indian theatre is that he signposted an important path for the …
"Habib Tanvir (1923-2009), playwright, director, actor, journalist, critic, is probably best known for his most popular play, Charandas Chor (1974). However, his real significance in the history of post-independence Indian theatre is that he signposted an important path for the …
"Habib Tanvir (1923-2009), playwright, director, actor, journalist, critic, is probably best known for his most popular play, Charandas Chor (1974). However, his real significance in the history of post-independence Indian theatre is that he signposted an important path for the …
