Five Plays: Kamala; Silence! The Court Is in Session; Sakharam Binder; The Vultures; Encounter in Umbugland (Oxford India Paperbacks) - Softcover

Tendulkar, Vijay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195637364 ISBN 13: 9780195637366

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Vijay Tendulkar has been in the vanguard of Indian theater for almost forty years. These five plays, Silence!, Vultures, Sakharam, Encounter, and Kamala are some of his best-known, most socially relevant, and also most controversial work. Tendulkar's plays will interest anyone concerned with Indian theater and writing, as well as literature and drama students.

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About the Author:

Vijay Tendulkar Author of thirty full-length plays, twenty-three one-act plays, several of which have become classics of modern Indian theatre. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the Vishnudas Bhave Memorial Award and the Katha Chudamani Award.

Priya Tendulkar (Translator) Daughter of renowned playwright Vijay Tendulkar, started her career in Marathi theatre and in her later years fought for social causes through television serials, particularly `Rajni'

Kumud Mehta (Translator) First joint Director of NCPA (National Center of Performing Arts) was another friend with whom he had long debates on music and literature. He made several musical presentations during the early years of NCPA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0195637364
• ISBN 13: 9780195637366
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 378