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A Passage to India
First major adaptation of EM Forster’s classic novel for a contemporary audience Before deciding whether to marry Chandrapore’s local magistrate, Adela Quested wants to discover the “real…
Actors Pilgrims Kings and Gods - The Ramlila at Ramnagar - HARDBACK
The work documents and recreates an event; provides a rare insight into an Indian community’s negotiation with religious lore; unravels and explores a unique theatrical tradition; offers us a piece…
Aurangzeb
In this masterly analysis of the conflicts that haunt an astute politician amidst a crumbling empire, the playwright weaves his narrative from the intricate interplay of historical forces leading to the…
Banchharam’s Orchard & An Encounter With Royalty
Banchharam’s Orchard is a farcical comedy by Bengali playwright Manoj Mitra and tells us the hilarious tale of old Banchharam who, by his refusal to die, out-manoeuvres all those who are waiting…
Begum Barve
In this unusual Marathi play the playwright weaves a complex narrative with just four characters – Begum Barve, a smalltime female impersonator who has spent his life playing bit roles in the professional…
Beyond the Land of Hattamala & Scandal in Fairyland
These lively plays use witty, tongue-in-cheek comedy to communicate relevant social messages. In Beyond the Land of Hattamala, Kena and Becha, two impudent thieves, jump into a river to escape being caught,…
Bravely Fought the Queen
4 Male, 3 Female
The script is in three acts, titled ‘Women’, ‘Men’, and ‘Bravely Fought the Queen’ Set in Bangalore of the 1980s and 1990s, the narrative is “centred around an Indian…
Chakravyuha
As well as the complete performance text of the Play, this volume includes a close study by Kavita Nagpal of Ratan Thiyam’s theatre, its history and development, based on intensive field work and…
Chanakya Vishnugupta
Veteran Marathi playwright and Marxist intellectual G. P. Deshpande turns to India’s ancient past to pinpoint the historical moment of empire in the context of the history of the empire He sees in…
Charandas Chor
This play by veteran playwright/director Habib Tanvir, performed by Naya Theatre’s Chhatisgarhi folk artists, is a contemporary Indian classic As well as the translated playscript, this volume…
Charandas Chor
“Who’re you?’ ‘A man.’ ‘I can see that. I’m asking your name and what you do” My name is Charandas and my profession thieving. Taken together that makes…
City Plays - Party & Avinash & Lights Out
Three plays in the naturalistic mode, set within the four walls of a city apartment, throwing people into close contact, relationships unravelling tinder pressure, the moment of crisis in each case precipitated…
DramaContemporary - India - Six Modern Plays
India has one of the world's richest theater traditions. Written and performed in a number of India's myriad languages and dialects, its recent plays reflect the diversity of experiences, outlooks, and…
Dramatic Moments - Theatre in Calcutta since the 60s - HARDBACK
Nemai Ghosh is best known for his photographs of Satyajit Ray at work and in his more private moments and moods, and his stills from Ray’s films Ghosh has exhibited at Cannes in 1991, at London in…
Fourteen Songs & Two Weddings and a Funeral
Pooja falls in love with Rajesh. Prem, Rajesh’s brother, falls in love with Nisha, Pooja’s sister. But when Pooja dies suddenly and in tragic circumstances, Pooja finds herself betrothed to…
Gilgamesh - The Play
Gilgamesh is one of the most powerful men in Iraq - a king, a demi-God and a fearsome tyrant, he thrives on the shame and suffering of his subjects, robbing them of their innocence to fuel his lust But…
Giving Away the Girl
A volume of three street plays from the women’s movement, written in the 1980s and widely performed as part of the vibrant cultural activism of the time. Giving Away the Girl and The Monkey Dance are both…
Hidden Fires
‘You say you’re a lion, but your great-grandmother, three generations ago, she was a deer—someone told us—and that makes you a deer; And that’s your hidden fire. So we’ve got to put you out’ A man confesses…
Mahachaitra - The great Spring and Other Plays
The three plays in this volume were written and staged between 1986 and 1995, and they focus on three figures who have had a decisive influence on Kannada history and culture—Basavanna, the revolutionary…
Mareech - The Legend & Jagannath
Mareech, the Legend is a cleverly structured, intelligent, humorous look at the changing forms of exploitation through space and time, starting with the story of Mareech the demon from the Ramayana, taking…
Memories in Hiding
Tooppil Bhaasi draws on his autobiography to reconstruct an important period in the political history of Kerala just after Independence. The Suranad Revolution, which the activist-playwright re-constructs…
Mr Sapatnekar’s Child & Four Billion Forgetfuls
In Sapatnekar’s Child a couple can’t conceive and the tension rises between them as the husband encourages the wife to resort to artificial insemination, and yet is torn by the insecurities…
Orientations
4 Male, 2 Female
Amrit, a young Asian dancer, is captivated by the folk theatre form Yakshagana, where men traditionally perform the female roles When he suddenly disappears to India, his English lover Linda flies to Bangalore…
Over Under and Around - Essays on Performance and Culture
The essays collected in this book represent Schechner’s lifetime in performance studies. Political theatre, the avant garde, the secular and sacred rituals of performance, the nature of belief and…
