...Evaluating the journey of Indian theatre in the twentieth century, this chapter begins with a brief discussion of the increasing involvement of Hindutva and Hindu women in the field of theatre during the 1990s. The first section explores the works of these women by tracing the range of operational...

...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. Beginning with the plays of Bharatendu Harishchandra in the 1870s Banaras, the book moves forward to Jayashankar Prasad...

...This book was inspired by the emergence of the modern Indian theatre in the late 1970s. With the increasing urban interest in folk theatre and the influence of Brecht on Indian theatre, this book aims to highlight the impact of Brecht in Hindi plays. While discussing the goals of this book...

...This chapter provides a glimpse at the inter-culturalism between the East and the West. It concentrates on Rustom Bharucha, a dramaturge and theatre historian who followed the phenomenon of inter-culturalism over the past decades. Knowledgeable of the Indian theatre, particularly the Bengali...

... and poetics and to creating nativistic Indian theatre, in the idiom of folk theatrical forms characteristic of the different linguistic regions of India, as outlined in the drama seminar of April 1956, organized by the Sangīt Nāṭak Academy (Academy of Music and Drama). Sharmistha Saha...

... ‘decolonization’ of Indian theatre from British martial arts National School of Drama Delhi Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Sangeet Natak Akademi Singing spectator spectatorship Thang‐ta Manipuri martial art ‘theatre of roots movement’ Turkira Avalam Tamil Antigone 1984 Arambam Lokendra director scholar...

... Chatterjee Bankim Chandra Hindu Jatra theatre nationalism romanticism political theatre Indian theatre postcolonial Utpal Dutt emotion love revolution violence The following excerpt is from the penultimate scene of Sannyasir Tarabari (The Crusade, 1972), the play...

..., and remembers the contribution of the neglected as well as known figures in theatre history from north India, in languages which include Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi, and cements their place in the canon of Indian theatre. It examines the diverse modes of dramatic representation and performance — myth, folklore...