Biswajit Sinha
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The Encyclopaedia of Indian Theatre series is a major and pioneering initiative in which each volume offers an authoritative and exhaustive account of Indian Theatre in a particular subject area.
The present volume deals with Konkani Theatre, a cornucopia of information about the Konkani stage from its beginning to the present day. The volume, a basic reference book designed to cover both the folk and modern Konkani Theatre.
The result is a comprehensive work, ...
The Encyclopaedia of Indian Theatre series is a major and pioneering initiative in which each volume offers an authoritative and exhaustive account of Indian Theatre in a particular subject area.
The present volume deals with Theatre Archives, Museums and Libraries which are great repositories of theatre resources and disseminators of knowledge. The work also covers various faculties and Departments of Performing Arts and Theatre in Universities, Schools ...
The 'Encyclopaedia of Indian Theatre' series is a major and pioneering initiative in which each volume offers an authoritative and exhaustive survey of theatre in a particular subject area. The present volume in the firm of a bio-critical studies of women artists right from the 19th till first half of the 20th centur, enriched with numerous rare photographs, now unavailable even in archives. The result is a comprehensive work, compiled written and driven by a ...
Series X quickly establish itself as the first ever standard reference book on Bengali Theatre outside Bengal. The resource book plays a major role in familiarizing the reader for the first time with Bengali Theatre from a part or parts of the country which even Bengal is not familiar with. A pioneering and comprehensive account and documentation of Bengali stage which flourished chiefly in Delhi with an overview of dramatic efforts in other states of India. It ...
A commendable initiative on the part of the writer to bring out a Performing Arts Lexicography dealing with Ancient Indian Music, Dance and Drama from the huge corpus of traditional Sanskrit treatises from Sangitashastras, Natyashastras, Rasashastras to Abhinayadarpanam, a manual on Indian dance. Within the space constraint of a single volume, numerous terms from the three genres are brought together such as Atodya, Svara, Tala, Sangita, Gita, Rasa, Bhava, ...
"This is the first and probably the last encyclopaedia of Indian theatre of this millenium. A multi-volume reference work, the first few of which will be a definite guide to great masters of ancient Indian drama such as Bhasa, Kalidasa, Bhavabhuti, Bodhayana, Sudraka, Vishakhadutt etc. The later volumes will be so designed to give a cornucopia of information. The Indian stage from its beginnings to the present in each linking volumes such us Tagore theatre, ...
A comprehensive three volumes reference guide to literature that deals with world’s artistic heritages in major domains of dance, drama, music, architecture, paintings, sculptures, linguistics, creative literature etc. he present volume is the first in the series that surveys Indian languages and literature comprising of over 5,000 entries. The works selected for inclusion covers bibliographies, biographical dictionaries, dictionaries, ...
Series II quickly establish itself as a cornucopia of information on thirteen outstanding dramatists, mostly of the ancient and few belonging to the medieval era. They include Asvaghosa, Bhattanarayana, Bhavabhuti, Bodhayana, Dhananjaya, Harshadeva, Jayadeva, Krishna Misra, Murari, Rupa Goswami, Saktibhadra, Sudraka and Visakhadatta. This is a bio-bibliographical work that offers a wealth of information on These major Sanskrit dramatists, providing almost ...
Series III quickly establish itself as the standard resources on ‘Kalidasa’—the great master of ancient Indian drama. Copiously illustrated with invaluable and rare photographs, this is a bio – bibliographical work that offers a wealth of information on this genius, providing almost everything you need to know about the classical playwright. His, life, date, legends; synopsis, plots, ...
First ever published encyclopaedia cevoted solely on “Rabindranath Tagore†as a dramatist. Series V quickly establish itself a standard “Reference Source†on this unrivalled master of modern Indian drama. Copiously illustrated with invaluable and rare photographs, this is a bio-bibliographical resources on this genius, providing almost everything you need to know about this great playwright, actor, ...
Series VI quickly establish itself a standard 'Reference Source Book'on Indian Folk Theatre containing numerous invaluable and rare photographs. First ever published encyclopaedic dictionary, this is an exhaustive and all encompassing work covering as it does the whole ground connected with Folk dramatic art incorporating Pan-Indian traditions, Region-based and even local styles. A treasure house of information, covering entries on all aspects of folk theatre, be ...
For the first time, this volume documents the entire corpus of Sanskrit drama in a remarkable way, covering the whole world of ancient, medieval and modern Sanskrit dramatic literature. For its dictionary format, it is easy to browse any entry connected with Sanskrit theatre. Purpose of this illustrated reference guide is to collate exhaustive materials on the subject, even a less known drama or playwright, whether admirable or not, has been taken into ...
On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Sahitya Akademi, India’s National Academy of Letters, the author has turned to document how this apex literary organization, in the last fifty years, has shown its commitment to the promotion of good literature and thought through Rabindranath Tagore’s idea of India and Indian literature; impress of his creative and critical writings his perspectives on education, philosophy, religion and politics his ...
"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, ...
Series IX quickly establish itself a standard reference Source Book on 'East and Non -Eastern Contemporary Theatre', as practiced in marginalized languages. This is an exhaustive and all encompassing work covering as it does the whole ground connected with theatre of aboriginals in its modern phase. The volume painstakingly document almost everything you need to know about their theatre commencing from a brisk history highlighting trends, movements, ...
Series IX quickly establish itself a standard reference source book on 'East and Non-Eastern Contemporary Theatre', as practised in marginalised languages. This is an exhaustive and all encompassing work covering as it does the whole ground connected with theatre of aboriginals in its modern phase. The volume painstakingly document almost everything you need to know about their theatre commencing from a brisk history highlighting trends, movements, personalities, ...