None of the Indian theatre-makers consciously built their works on
the Euro-American model of the postdramatic, but many have used the
theatre model in innovative, transnational ways. Essentially, they
have adapted an originally European theatre paradigm to a different
historical context and added new dimensions to it by
cross-pollinating it with indigenous cultural forms. The main aim
in doing so has been to invigorate the language of Indian urban
theatre that had turned stale under the stronghold of realism
growing out of colonial stage practice and homogeneous under the
decolonizing drive of the ‘theatre of roots’ movement
post-independence. Theatre in India today is rich in cross-media
performance, theatre solos and monologues, pure spatial experience,
plurimedial work, durational reading, real-time action, and so on.
The book balances theory, contextualisation and praxis, building a
hitherto non-existing archive of scholarship in Indian theatre
within a postdramatic framework, and an argument for its place
within contemporary Indian theatre. Interspersed throughout are
Indian theatre-makers’ opinions about their contemporary
performance theory and practices vis-a-vis those in Europe and the
US.
General
Imprint: |
Methuen Drama
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Methuen Drama Engage |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
Authors: |
Ashis SenGupta
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
216 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-28439-5 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-350-28439-4 |
Barcode: |
9781350284395 |
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