Indian Drama in Retrospect
Contents: Introduction/Jayant Kastuar. Welcome address/P.V. Rajamannar. Inaugural address/S. Radhakrishnan. Speech of the seminar director/Sachin Sen Gupta. 1. Sanskrit drama and performance/V. Raghavan. 2. Assamese theatre/Chandra Kant Phookan. 3. Manipuri Drama and theatre/M. Bira Singh and H. Romain Singh. 4. Bengali drama and theatre/Amar Mukerjee. 5. The plays of Tagore/Lila Ray. 6. The professional theatre in Bengal/Ahindra Chowdhuri. 7. The growth of Oriya drama and theatre/Kalindi Charan Panigrahi. 8. Drama and theatre in Orissa/Mayadhar Mansinha. 9. Hindi drama/J.C. Mathur. 10. Hindi folk drama/Suresh Awasthi. 11. Punjabi drama and theatre: some trends and experiences/Snehlata Sanyal, and Sheila Bhatia. 12. Urdu drama/M. Mujeeb. 13. Bhavai: the Gujarati folk drama/Dina Pathak. 14. A hundred years of Gujarati drama and theatre/Chandravadan C. Mehta. 15. Marathi theatre/Mama Warerkar. 16. Kannada drama and theatre/Adya Rangacharya. 17. The professional theatre in the western region/K. Narain Kale. 18. Malayalam drama and theatre/K.M. George. 19. The growth of drama in Tamil Nadu/T.K. Shanmugam. 20. Telugu drama and stage/B. Kanakalingeswara Rao. 21. Kuchipudi Bhagavatam: the dance-drama of Andhra Pradesh/Nataraj Ramakrishna. 22. Indian theatre in the context of the world theatre/Mulk Raj Anand. 23. Traditional and new drama/Balraj Sahni. 24. Amateur theatre in India/Sombhu Mitra. 25. Problems of amateur theatre: I/I.L. Dass. 26. Problems of amateur theatre: II/Prabhakar Machwe. 27. Production suited to Indian conditions/H.V. Gupte. 28. The training of the actor/E. Alkazi. 29. Theatre architecture and stage setting/Adi Marzban. 30. Production of operas/P. Sambamoorthy. 31. Nritta and Nritya varieties in India/Shrimati Tagore. 32. Children\'s theatre: I/Samar Chatterjee. 33. Children\'s theatre: II/Romesh Chander. 34. Recommendations of the drama seminar.
"Indian Drama in Retrospect offers a sweeping survey of theatre in most of the states of India, presented by front-ranking figures in the early phase of post-independence theatre. The contributors capture for us the discourse of the day pertaining to theatre in their regions and languages, which is further underscored by the discussions which follow the papers. There are twenty-one papers here representing as many States of India, offering a fund of authentic information on the practice of theatre in each linguistic region. Besides, there are twelve papers focused on special topics such as amateur theatre, children\'s theatre, actors\' training, and theatre architecture. Besides students of theatre, this book will be of much value to scholars investigating the history of the performing arts in modern India, those studying arts policy and patronage, and those with a special interest in the relationship of the arts and the state." (jacket)
