Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Introduction. I. Hindi Theatre: 1. Status stature, identity: point counterpoint. 2. Delhi theatre: the importance of being a capital. 3. Uttar Pradesh: conflux of Isms and muses. 4. Madhya Pradesh: the heartland of Hindi theatre. 5. Rajasthan: drama at home, theatre outside. 6. Bihar: Bidesia in life and art. 7. Expanding horizons: art home away from home. II. Up north: 8. Punjabi theatre: Godot around the corner? 9. Theatre of Jammu and Kashmir: waiting for peace and pace. III. West: 10. Gujarat theatre: Bombay vs. Gujarat. 11. Marathi theatre: the show goes on and on. 12. Goan theatre: multiple streams. IV. South: 13. Malayalam theatre: looking back to future. 14. Kannada theatre: committed to culture and creativity. 15. Tamil theatre: tide is rising again. 16. Telugu theatre: a mixing pot. V. East and North-East: 17. Oriya theatre: alleys and by-ways. 18. Bengali theatre: Jatra without end. 19. Assamese theatre: at multiple cross-road. 20. Manipur: the jewel-land. VI. The Gods without home: 21. Sanskrit theatre: making Bharata our contemporary. 22. Indian theatre in English: a forked flyover. 23. Urdu theatre: potential vs. achievement. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index. The present book seeks to provide a generic introduction to the contemporary theatre scenario in different parts of India. Researched and written over a period of nearly a decade, it adopts an approach that may be best termed as quasi academic and quasi-journalistic. Primarily, it affords understanding as well as interpretation of the trends, experiments and major works, but in the process, it takes up serious issues for closer scrutiny. Nevertheless, the overall tone and tenor continue to be rather informal throughout. The book was born of interaction with both established and uprising exponents of the theatre arts-playwrights, directors, performers, designers, critics etc, but it purposefully eschews critical to technical jargon. Ultimately, what we get is a phenomenal attempt to build a comprehensive as well as a perceptive overview of the complex and ever growing dynamics of the contemporary theatres of India as practiced in various regions, languages, cultures. Here indeed, is a work having monumental significance not only for the teachers, students, scholars and practitioners of the theatre arts but also for the general readers who have interest in culture. Seller Inventory # 110009

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