Modern Indian Theatre

Author : Nandi Bhatia
Publisher : Oxford India Paperbacks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0198075065

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Modern Indian Theatre by Nandi Bhatia Pdf

Since the late nineteenth century, theatre has played a significant role in shaping social and political awareness in India. It has served to raise concerns in post-Independence India as well. Modern Indian Theatre: A Reader brings together writings that speak to the historical contexts from which theatrical practices emerged-colonization, socio-cultural suppression and appropriation, intercultural transformations brought about by the impact of the colonial forces, and acute critical engagement with socio-political issues brought about by the hopes and failures of Independence. The volume addresses pertinent questions like how drama influences social change, the response of drama to the emergence and domination of mass media and the proliferation and influence of western media in India, and how mediations of gender, class, and caste influence drama, its language, forms, and aesthetics. The Introduction by Nandi Bhatia provides a comprehensive understanding of the interface between Indian theatre and 'modernity'.

Author : Tulsi Gaddam
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783346244017

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The Evolution of Modern Indian Theatre. The Indian People’s Theatre Association and the Aura of the Colonial Wound by Tulsi Gaddam Pdf

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2020 in the subject Theater Studies, Dance, grade: 8.0 = 1,7, University of Groningen (Arts), course: Arts, Culture and Media, language: English, abstract: This thesis aims to answer the following questions: To what extent were the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) successful in diminishing the effect of the British colonial shadow in their post-colonial theatre explorations from 1943 to 1948 and how did this lead to the development of modern Indian theatre as an amalgamation of traditional and Western performance forms? In what ways did British colonialism influence the theatre of the IPTA? How did Western forms of theatre merge with pre-existing theatrical traditions in India to create new forms of theatre? With the achievement of political independence in 1947 and the end of British rule, India stepped on to a phase of massive reconstruction of the nation”. Despite IPTA’s mission to decolonize the stage and revive traditional forms of Indian theatre, the effect of the colonial shadow/ coloniality cannot be completely erased. This thesis intertwines post- colonial and decolonial perspectives to decipher the amalgamation of Indian and Western theatre traditions that resulted in the creation of new, more contemporary forms of theatre, evident in the work of The Indian People’s Theatre Association.

Author : Vasudha Dalmia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Theater
ISBN : 019908033X

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Poetics, Plays, and Performances by Vasudha Dalmia Pdf

Addressing the political and aesthetic concerns of modern Indian theatre, propelled by the urban interest in folk theatre and the popularity of Brecht in connection with this, this work focuses on the political aspects, as portrayed in modern Indian theatre.

Author : Rakesh H. Solomon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02
Category : Theater
ISBN : 1843318547

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Globalization, History, Historiography by Rakesh H. Solomon Pdf

Globalization, History, Historiography: The Making of a Modern Indian Theatre' analyzes the cultural impact of globalization's economic, historical, and political processes on the making of the modern Indian theatre. In so doing, the book wrestles with such matters as imperialism and Orientalism, colonial knowledge and historiography, metropolitan elite and regional folk/popular cultures, Hindu and Islamic fundamentalisms, transnational flows of ideologies of liberal democracy and modernity, historiographies of nation formation, and nationalist and nativist movements.

Author : Lakshmi Subramanyam
Publisher : Har-Anand Publications
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 8124108706

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Muffled Voices by Lakshmi Subramanyam Pdf

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Author : Erin B. Mee
Publisher : Seagull Books Pvt Ltd
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1905422768

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Theatre of Roots by Erin B. Mee Pdf

After Independence, in 1947, in their efforts to create an 'Indian' theatre that was different from the Westernized, colonial theatre, Indian theatre practitioners began returning to their 'roots' in classical dance, religious ritual, martial arts, popular entertainment and aesthetic theory. The Theatre of Roots - as this movement was known - was the first conscious effort at creating a body of work for urban audiences combining modern European theatre with traditional Indian performance while maintaining its distinction from both. By addressing the politics of aesthetics and by challenging the visual practices, performer/spectator relationships, dramaturgical structures and aesthetic goals of colonial performance, the movement offered a strategy for reassessing colonial ideology and culture and for articulating and defining a newly emerging 'India'. Theatre of Roots presents an in-depth analysis of this movement: its innovations, theories, goals, accomplishments, problems and legacies.

Author : Dorothy Figueira
Publisher : P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Editions Scientifiques Internationales
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Language and culture
ISBN : 2807610943

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Art and Resistance: Studies in Modern Indian Theatres by Dorothy Figueira Pdf

This volume explores a possible framework with which one might theoretically locate the issues inherent in the terms "modern Indian theatre" and looks at how modernity in Indian theatre entails attempts of various Indian language groups to adjust to the forced cohabitation with both foreign and indigenous traditions.

Author : Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780199095445

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A Poetics of Modernity by Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker Pdf

The urban theatre which emerged under Anglo-European and local influences in colonial metropolises such as Calcutta and Bombay around the mid-nineteenth century marked the beginning of the ‘modern period’ in Indian theatre, distinct from classical, postclassical, and more proximate precolonial traditions. A Poetics of Modernity offers a unique selection of original, theoretically significant writings on theatre by playwrights, directors, actors, designers, activists, and policy–makers, to explore the full range of discursive positions that make these urban practitioners ‘modern’. The source-texts represent nine languages, including English, and about one-third of them have been translated into English for the first time; the volume thus retrieves a multilingual archive that so far had remained scattered in print and manuscript sources around the country. A comprehensive introduction by Dharwadker argues for historically precise definitions of theatrical modernity, outlines some of its constitutive features, and connects it to the foundational theoretical principles of urban theatre practice in modern India.

Author : Farley P. Richmond,Darius L. Swann,Phillip B. Zarrilli
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 8120809815

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Indian Theatre by Farley P. Richmond,Darius L. Swann,Phillip B. Zarrilli Pdf

Indian Theatre expands the boundaries of what is usually regarded as theatre in order to explore the multiple dimensions of theatrical performance in India. From rural festivals to contemporary urban theatre, from dramatic rituals and devotional performances to dance-dramas and classical Sanskrit plays, this volume is a vivid introduction to the colourful and often surprising world of Indian performance. Besides mapping the vast range of performance traditions, the volume provides in-depth treatment of representative genres, including well-known forms such as Kathakali and ram lila and little-knowa performances such as tamasha. Each of these chapters explains the historical background of the theatre form under consideration and interprets its dramatic literature, probes its ritual or religious significance, and, where relevant, explores its social and political implications. Moreover, each chapter, except for those on the origins of Indian theatre, concludes with performance notes describing the actual experience of seeing a live performance in its original context. Based on extensive fieldwork, Indian Theatre is the first comprehensive account of the subject to be written by Western specialists and addressed to the needs of readers in the West. It will be a valuable resource for all students of Indian culture and a standard work in the history of theatre and performance for years to come.

Author : Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781587296420

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Theatres of Independence by Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker Pdf

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.The first part of Dharwadker's study deals with the new dramatic canon that emerged after 1950 and the variety of ways in which plays are written, produced, translated, circulated, and received in a multi-lingual national culture. The second part traces the formation of significant postcolonial dramatic genres from their origins in myth, history, folk narrative, sociopolitical experience, and the intertextual connections between Indian, European, British, and American drama. The book's ten appendixes collect extensive documentation of the work of leading playwrights and directors, as well as a record of the contemporary multilingual performance histories of major Indian, Western, and non-Western plays from all periods and genres. 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.

Author : G.P. Deshpande
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Indic drama
ISBN : 8126018755

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Modern Indian Drama by G.P. Deshpande Pdf

This Is The First Comprehensive Anthology Of Modern Indian Drama. 15 Modern Plays In Different Indian Languages Brought Together Here Represent The Thematic And Formal Concerns Of Contemporary Indian Playwrights.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Dramatists
ISBN : UOM:39015023641874

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Contemporary Indian Theatre by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arnab Banerji
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000068993

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Contemporary Group Theatre in Kolkata, India by Arnab Banerji Pdf

This book is the first of its kind offering a materialistic semiotic analysis of a non-Western theatre culture: Bengali group theatre. Arnab Banerji fills two lacunas in contemporary theatre scholarship. First, the materialist semiotic approach to studying a non-Western theatre event allows Banerji to critically examine the material conditions in which theatre is created and seen outside the Euro-American context. And second, by shifting the critical lens onto a contemporary urban theatre phenomenon from India, the book attempts to even out the scholastic imbalance in Indian theatre scholarship which has largely focused on folk and classical traditions. The book shows a refreshing new perspective toward a theatre culture that frequently escapes the critical lens in spite of being one of the largest urban theatre cultures in the world. Theatre events are a sum total of the conditions in which they are built and the conditions in which they are viewed. Studying the event separate from its materialistic beginnings and semiotic effects allow only a partial insight into the performance phenomenon. The materialist semiotic critical framework of this book locates the Bengali group theatre within its performative context and offers a heretofore unexplored insight into this vibrant theatre culture.

Author : Govind P. Deshpande
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015049690517

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Modern Indian Drama by Govind P. Deshpande Pdf

This Is The First Comprehensive Anthology Of Modern Indian Drama. This Volume Includes 15 Plays By Sriranga, Badal Sircar, Girish Karnad, Satish Alekar, Utpal Dutt And Others.

Author : Farley P. Richmond,Darius L. Swann,Phillip B. Zarrilli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015018519531

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Indian Theatre by Farley P. Richmond,Darius L. Swann,Phillip B. Zarrilli Pdf

Explores the multiple dimensions of theatrical performance in India--rural festivals, contemporary urban theater, dramatic rituals and devotional performances, dance-dramas, and classical Sanskrit plays. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR