The plays in this volume draw on myth to communicate situations which are both contemporary and universal. In The Right to Rule, the characters, images and languages are characteristic of myth being non-realistic and non-representational while in The Domain of the Sun, in a reworking of the story of Ramayana, the playwright dramatizes the ancient myth of the victory of light and wisdom over the tyranny of darkness, ignorance and evil. Ravan represents the forces ...
