Theatres of independence drama, theory and urban performance in India since 1947
Dharwadker, Aparna Bhargava
Theatres of independence drama, theory and urban performance in India since 1947 Theaters of independence - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2005 - xix,478p. 24 cm. - Studies in theatre history and culture . - Studies in theatre history and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-461) and index.
Postcolonial frames and the subject of modern Indian theatre -- The formation of a new "national canon" -- Authorship, textuality, and multilingualism -- Production and reception : directors, audiences, and the mass media -- Orientalism, cultural nationalism, and the erasure of the present -- Myth, ambivalence, and evil -- The ironic history of the nation -- Realism and the edifice of home -- Alternative stages : antirealism, gender, and contemporary "folk" theatre -- Intertexts and countertexts -- The program of the Nehru Shatabdi Natya Samaroh (Nehru Centenary Theatre Festival), New Delhi, 3-17 September 1989 -- Major Indian playwrights and plays, 1950-2004 -- Major Indian theatre directors, 1950-2004 -- Key productions of some major post-independence plays -- Productions, mainly in Hindi, by three contemporary directors -- Productions by ten contemporary directors and theatre groups -- Modern urban transmissions of the Mahabharata : the principal genres -- The Euro-American intertexts of post-independence drama and theatre -- Prose narratives on the stage -- Brecht intertexts in post-independence Indian theatre. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. App. 1. App. 2. App. 3. App. 4. App. 5. App. 6. App. 7. App. 8. App. 9. App. 10.
"Theatres of Independence is the first comprehensive study of drama, theatre, and urban performance in post-independence India. Combining theatre history with theoretical analysis and literary interpretation, Aparna Dharwadker examines the unprecedented conditions for writing and performance that the experience of new nationhood created in a dozen major Indian languages and offers detailed discussions of the major plays, playwrights, directors, dramatic genres, and theories of drama that have made the contemporary Indian stage a vital part of postcolonial and world theatre." "Treating drama and theatre as strategically interrelated activities, the study makes post-independence Indian theatre visible as a multifaceted critical subject to scholars of modern drama, comparative theatre, theatre history, and the new national and postcolonial literatures."--BOOK JACKET.
Theater--History--India--20th century.
Theater and society--History--India--20th century.
Indic drama--History and criticism.--20th century
792.095409045 / DH-T
Theatres of independence drama, theory and urban performance in India since 1947 Theaters of independence - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2005 - xix,478p. 24 cm. - Studies in theatre history and culture . - Studies in theatre history and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-461) and index.
Postcolonial frames and the subject of modern Indian theatre -- The formation of a new "national canon" -- Authorship, textuality, and multilingualism -- Production and reception : directors, audiences, and the mass media -- Orientalism, cultural nationalism, and the erasure of the present -- Myth, ambivalence, and evil -- The ironic history of the nation -- Realism and the edifice of home -- Alternative stages : antirealism, gender, and contemporary "folk" theatre -- Intertexts and countertexts -- The program of the Nehru Shatabdi Natya Samaroh (Nehru Centenary Theatre Festival), New Delhi, 3-17 September 1989 -- Major Indian playwrights and plays, 1950-2004 -- Major Indian theatre directors, 1950-2004 -- Key productions of some major post-independence plays -- Productions, mainly in Hindi, by three contemporary directors -- Productions by ten contemporary directors and theatre groups -- Modern urban transmissions of the Mahabharata : the principal genres -- The Euro-American intertexts of post-independence drama and theatre -- Prose narratives on the stage -- Brecht intertexts in post-independence Indian theatre. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. App. 1. App. 2. App. 3. App. 4. App. 5. App. 6. App. 7. App. 8. App. 9. App. 10.
"Theatres of Independence is the first comprehensive study of drama, theatre, and urban performance in post-independence India. Combining theatre history with theoretical analysis and literary interpretation, Aparna Dharwadker examines the unprecedented conditions for writing and performance that the experience of new nationhood created in a dozen major Indian languages and offers detailed discussions of the major plays, playwrights, directors, dramatic genres, and theories of drama that have made the contemporary Indian stage a vital part of postcolonial and world theatre." "Treating drama and theatre as strategically interrelated activities, the study makes post-independence Indian theatre visible as a multifaceted critical subject to scholars of modern drama, comparative theatre, theatre history, and the new national and postcolonial literatures."--BOOK JACKET.
Theater--History--India--20th century.
Theater and society--History--India--20th century.
Indic drama--History and criticism.--20th century
792.095409045 / DH-T