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Asian Studies: South Asia
Literature and Literary Criticism: Dramatic Works
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I
1. Indian Drama in English: The Beginnings
2. A Historiography of Modern Indian Theatre [c.1850–1950]
3. Four Plays of the 1970s: Utpal Dutt, Chandrasekhar Kambar, H. Kanhailal, Habib Tanvir
4. State of the Art in One Metro Today: 21st-Century Theatre in Kolkata
5. The Curtain Rises: Theatre in University Curricula of India
Part II
6. Interculturalism
7. Interrogating the Representation of India
8. “All theatre lives by surprise”: Peter Brook’s Mahabharata
9. “We the globe can compass soon”: Tim Supple’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Part I
1. Indian Drama in English: The Beginnings
2. A Historiography of Modern Indian Theatre [c.1850–1950]
3. Four Plays of the 1970s: Utpal Dutt, Chandrasekhar Kambar, H. Kanhailal, Habib Tanvir
4. State of the Art in One Metro Today: 21st-Century Theatre in Kolkata
5. The Curtain Rises: Theatre in University Curricula of India
Part II
6. Interculturalism
7. Interrogating the Representation of India
8. “All theatre lives by surprise”: Peter Brook’s Mahabharata
9. “We the globe can compass soon”: Tim Supple’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream