Download or read book Modern Indian Theatre written by Nandi Bhatia and published by Oxford India Paperbacks. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the late nineteenth century, theatre has played a significant role in shaping social and political awareness in India. It has served to raise concerns in post-Independence India as well. Modern Indian Theatre: A Reader brings together writings that speak to the historical contexts from which theatrical practices emerged-colonization, socio-cultural suppression and appropriation, intercultural transformations brought about by the impact of the colonial forces, and acute critical engagement with socio-political issues brought about by the hopes and failures of Independence. The volume addresses pertinent questions like how drama influences social change, the response of drama to the emergence and domination of mass media and the proliferation and influence of western media in India, and how mediations of gender, class, and caste influence drama, its language, forms, and aesthetics. The Introduction by Nandi Bhatia provides a comprehensive understanding of the interface between Indian theatre and 'modernity'.
Download or read book Three Modern Indian Plays written by Girish Karnad and published by Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The three modern Indian plays brought together here are established classics, all written around the mid-1960s. Girish Karnad's Tughlaq was originally written in Kannada and explores the psyche of a medieval monarch. Evam Indrajit by Badal Sircar, originally written in Bengali, uses myth to examine some of the dilemmas of the Indian middle classes. Both of these plays are translated into English by Girish Karnad.
Download or read book Evam Indrajit written by Badal Sarkar and published by Calcutta : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modern Indian Drama written by Govind P. Deshpande and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is The First Comprehensive Anthology Of Modern Indian Drama. This Volume Includes 15 Plays By Sriranga, Badal Sircar, Girish Karnad, Satish Alekar, Utpal Dutt And Others.
Download or read book Poetics Plays and Performances written by Vasudha Dalmia and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-09 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the political and aesthetic concerns of modern Indian theatre, tracing its genealogies, and looking in particular at its appropriation of 'folk' theatre. Starting with the plays of Bharatendu Harishchandra in 1870s Banaras, the book moves forward to Jayshankar Prasad and Mohan Rakesh, landmark figures in the history of modern Indian drama. Dalmia then focuses on the intense urban interaction with folk theatre forms, their politicization in the 1940s and later again in the 1970s. Finally the book maps some of the routes taken by avant-garde women directors since the last decades of the twentieth century. Theatre students, critics, cultural historians, scholars of South Asian theatre, as well as general readers will find the book inspiring.
Download or read book Muffled Voices written by Lakshmi Subramanyam and published by Har-Anand Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles.
Download or read book Theatre of Roots written by Erin B. Mee and published by Seagull Books Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Independence, in 1947, in their efforts to create an 'Indian' theatre that was different from the Westernized, colonial theatre, Indian theatre practitioners began returning to their 'roots' in classical dance, religious ritual, martial arts, popular entertainment and aesthetic theory. The Theatre of Roots - as this movement was known - was the first conscious effort at creating a body of work for urban audiences combining modern European theatre with traditional Indian performance while maintaining its distinction from both. By addressing the politics of aesthetics and by challenging the visual practices, performer/spectator relationships, dramaturgical structures and aesthetic goals of colonial performance, the movement offered a strategy for reassessing colonial ideology and culture and for articulating and defining a newly emerging 'India'. Theatre of Roots presents an in-depth analysis of this movement: its innovations, theories, goals, accomplishments, problems and legacies.
Download or read book Modern Indian Plays written by Chandrasekhara Kambar and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Evolution of Modern Indian Theatre The Indian People s Theatre Association and the Aura of the Colonial Wound written by Tulsi Gaddam and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2020 in the subject Theater Studies, Dance, grade: 8.0 = 1,7, University of Groningen (Arts), course: Arts, Culture and Media, language: English, abstract: This thesis aims to answer the following questions: To what extent were the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) successful in diminishing the effect of the British colonial shadow in their post-colonial theatre explorations from 1943 to 1948 and how did this lead to the development of modern Indian theatre as an amalgamation of traditional and Western performance forms? In what ways did British colonialism influence the theatre of the IPTA? How did Western forms of theatre merge with pre-existing theatrical traditions in India to create new forms of theatre? With the achievement of political independence in 1947 and the end of British rule, India stepped on to a phase of massive reconstruction of the nation”. Despite IPTA’s mission to decolonize the stage and revive traditional forms of Indian theatre, the effect of the colonial shadow/ coloniality cannot be completely erased. This thesis intertwines post- colonial and decolonial perspectives to decipher the amalgamation of Indian and Western theatre traditions that resulted in the creation of new, more contemporary forms of theatre, evident in the work of The Indian People’s Theatre Association.
Download or read book Modern Indian Drama written by G.P. Deshpande and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is The First Comprehensive Anthology Of Modern Indian Drama. 15 Modern Plays In Different Indian Languages Brought Together Here Represent The Thematic And Formal Concerns Of Contemporary Indian Playwrights.
Download or read book Contemporary Indian Dramatists written by Shubha Tiwari and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2007 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Is A Commentary On Indian Dramatic Theory And Some Selected Contemporary Indian Plays. Drama Is An Active Literary Art Form. Although Films And Television Have Become Very Vital In Our Times, Still Direct Experience Of The Theatre Cannot Be Replaced. The Book Provides General Commentary On Plays By Karnad, Tendulkar, And Ezekiel. The Reader Is Expected To Get An Insight Into Bharat Muni S Views On The Art Of Drama As Well As Some Very Popular Plays Of Our Times. Needless To Say That The Book Is In Series Of Many Such Other Books Where The Editor And The Contributors Believe Indian English Studies To Have Come Of Age. The Book, Among Such Others, Trumpets The Victory Of Indian English Studies In India. This Is Indeed A Welcome Change From Previously Held Puritan View Of English Studies Being Totally Alien. Magic Is Produced When English As A Language Weds The Indian Soil Or When We Apply Indigenous Tools To Study English Literary Texts.
Download or read book Collected Plays written by Mahesh Dattani and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2000-10-14 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mahesh Dattani is the first Indian-playwright writing in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi award. His plays bring Indian drama into the present day in their themes "sexuality, religious tension and gender issues" while still focussing on human relationships and personal and moral choices which are the classic concerns of world drama.
Download or read book Modern Indian Literature an Anthology Plays and prose written by K. M. George and published by Sahitya Akademi. This book was released on 1992 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Volume Is Devoted To Plays And Prose Writings, The Task Of Bringing Together Samples Of The Best Of Modern Indian Writing Is Now Complete. The Translations Have Been Done By A Competent Team And Are Sure To Appeal To Lovers Of Literature
Download or read book Modern Indian Plays volume 3 written by J.N. Kaushal and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book DramaContemporary written by Erin B. Mee and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India has one of the world's richest theater traditions. Written and performed in a number of India's myriad languages and dialects, its recent plays reflect the diversity of experiences, outlooks, and histories that both unite and divide the people of the subcontinent. In DramaContemporary: India, Erin Mee gathers six modern plays from across the country that demonstrate the vitality of Indian theater today. Included in this groundbreaking collection are: The Fire and the Rain by Girish Karnad Aramba Chekkan by Kavalam Narayana Panikkar The Wooden Cart by Tripurari Sharma Rudali by Usha Ganguli Tara by Mahesh Dattani Routes and Escape Routes by Datta Bhagat Written from different perspectives and in different styles, each of these plays addresses current issues facing modern India. Both The Fire and the Rain and Aramba Chekkan belong to the "theater of roots" movement. Rudali is linked to the women's theater movement, and The Wooden Cart, though not a street theater piece, comes out of that tradition. Routes and Escape Routes belongs to a category of writing known as Dalit Sahitya (literature of the oppressed). Tara, part of India's English-language theater movement, nonetheless challenges the Anglo-Indian literary tradition. These plays have also been important in the development of contemporary Indian literature. Girish Karnad, author of The Fire and the Rain, is credited as one of the playwrights who helped create the contemporary theater in India. Rudali was adapted from a novel by Mahasweta Devi, one of the subcontinent's most influential writers. And Routes and Escape Routes is the first modern play written by an "untouchable" to reach a wide audience. As plays fromIndia are increasingly staged in the West, this timely volume will introduce readers to the country's rich and varied theatrical culture.
Download or read book Modern Indian Plays written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modern Indian Drama written by Lakshmi Subramanyam and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles.