A History of the Jana Natya Manch : Plays for The People.

Cover; Contents; List of Ilustrations; List of Abbreviations; Foreward; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 -- Introduction; PART I; 2 -- The Early Years (1973-1980); 3 -- An Eventful Decade (1981-1988); 4 -- Martydrom and After (1989-1994); 5 -- New Directions (1995-Present); PART II; 6 -- The Exprience of the Streets; 7 -- A Different Proscenium; 8 -- Actors and Organizers; 9 -- Players, Spectators, and Bazaars; 10 -- Agents of Change; 11 -- Conclusion; List of Plays; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

A History of the Jana Natya Manch chronicles the birth and growth of the Jana Natya Manch (Janam), a Delhi-based radical theater group which has been active since 1973. Beginning in the early 1970s, when a group of young students in Delhi sought to continue the legacy of the Indian Peoples Theatre Association, the book takes a close but critical look at the various phases in the four decades of the theatre collective. The author has also captured within these pages the functioning of Janam as an organization, its methods of attracting and training fresh talent, the process of scripting, inter.

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