The Colonial Staged: Theatre in Colonial Calcutta - Couverture souple

Chatterjee, Sudipto

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 190542244X ISBN 13 : 9781905422449

Editeur : Seagull Books London Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

From the late eighteenth century, Calcutta, first city of the British empire, has been a hub of intersecting ideas and movements of change. Nowhere did the restless currents of history play themselves out more graphically than in the composite art of theatre and performance. This pioneering study of the history of the Bengali theatre looks at the plays mounted in the city in the 18th and 19th centuries and their reception. It goes on to study the cultural efflorescence known as the "Bengal Renaissance" and the subsequent politicisation of a theatre imbued with ideas of nationalism and social reform, with a particular focus on the complex and problematic issue of the place of women in theatre.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sudipto Chatterjee is a director, playwright, actor and documentary filmmaker and teaches theatre at the University of California, Berkeley.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Seagull Books London Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 190542244X
• ISBN 13: 9781905422449
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 344
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• Personne responsable: non disponible