Publication |
New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Description |
422pCream spine
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Series |
Oxford India Paperbacks
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Summary/Abstract |
Satish Alekar, Mahesh Elkunchwar, and Vijay Tendulkar constitute the trinity who wrote and produced some of the most influential and progressive plays of modern Indian theatre, and in doing so, shaped modern Marathi theatre. This volume of Satish Alekar's plays includes some of his finest works in translation: Mahaniravan, Mahapoor, Atirekee, Pidhijat, Begum Barve, and Mickey ani Memsahib. Alekar uses colloquialisms, traditional Maharashtrian performance practices, black humour, and devices from the theatre of the absurd to create an oblique sense of reality in his plays. he plays have been translated by Gauri Deshpande, Urmila Bhirdikar, Alok Bhalla with Jayant Dhupkar, Pramod Kale, Shanta Gokhale, and Priya Adarkar.
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Contents |
The dread departure
Deluge
The terorrist
Dynasts
Begum Barve
Mickey and the memsahib
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Standard Number |
9780198069881 Pb.
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