South Indian Theatre

Encyclopaedia of indian Theatre

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"Series VIII quickly establish itself a standard reference source book on ‘Deccan Theatre’, an exhaustive and all encompassing work covering as it does the whole ground connected with South Indian theatre in its modern phase, categorising into the heads, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu and Pondicherry.

The volume painstakingly document almost everything you need to know about their theatre commencing from a brisk history high-lighting trends, movements, personalities, troupes etc; recent theatre happenings, bibliographical accounts of playwrights and theatre practitioners, scripts, theatre institutions, supplemented with numerous invaluable and rare photographs and also included informative appendices.

Highly recommended for the libraries, academies, schools, institution interested in Indian stage and above all to critical readers, theatre historians and connoisseurs."

Contents: Preface. 1. Andhra Pradesh. 2. Karnataka. Kerala. 4. Tamil Nadu. 5. Pondicherry.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Biswajit Sinha

Biswajit Sinha was born in 1961. He holds Master's degree in two disciplines with professional training in 'Acting' from the Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts, New Delhi. Stepped out of a professional career in theatre to pursue research works in the genre, Sri Biswajit Sinha is, today, an one-man mission encyclopaedist to whom goes the credit to bringout India's first encyclopaedic series on Indian Theatre, his singular contribution to the field. Sri Sinha holda Master's degree in two disciplines with professional training in 'Acting' from the Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts, New Delhi. He had a brief stint with IPTA's 'Living Theatre' directing few plays for this group Theatre' and as Repertory Artist of 'Brechtian Mirror'.

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Title
South Indian Theatre
Encyclopaedia of indian Theatre
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8186208542
Length
xi+852p., Plates; Appendices; 26cm.
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