TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dharwadker,Aparna Bhargava
TI  - Theatres of independence : drama, theory and urban performance in India since 1947 
T2  - Studies in theatre history and culture
U1  - 792.095409045 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Theater
KW  - India
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Theater and society
KW  - Indic drama
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-461) and index; 1; Postcolonial frames and the subject of modern Indian theatre --; 2; The formation of a new "national canon" --; 3; Authorship, textuality, and multilingualism --; 4; Production and reception : directors, audiences, and the mass media --; 5; Orientalism, cultural nationalism, and the erasure of the present --; 6; Myth, ambivalence, and evil --; 7; The ironic history of the nation --; 8; Realism and the edifice of home --; 9; Alternative stages : antirealism, gender, and contemporary "folk" theatre --; 10; Intertexts and countertexts --; App. 1; The program of the Nehru Shatabdi Natya Samaroh (Nehru Centenary Theatre Festival), New Delhi, 3-17 September 1989 --; App. 2; Major Indian playwrights and plays, 1950-2004 --; App. 3; Major Indian theatre directors, 1950-2004 --; App. 4; Key productions of some major post-independence plays --; App. 5; Productions, mainly in Hindi, by three contemporary directors --; App. 6; Productions by ten contemporary directors and theatre groups --; App. 7; Modern urban transmissions of the Mahabharata : the principal genres --; App. 8; The Euro-American intertexts of post-independence drama and theatre --; App. 9; Prose narratives on the stage --; App. 10; Brecht intertexts in post-independence Indian theatre
N2  - "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
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