Shakespeare and Indian Theatre

The Politics of Performance

Vikram Singh Thakur

• Publisher: Bloomsbury India
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9789389351149
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism of Shakespeare
• Index: Literature

This book looks at adaptations, translations and performance of Shakespeare's productions in India from the mid-18th century, when British officers in India staged Shakespeare's plays along with other English playwrights for entertainment, through various Indian adaptations of his plays during the colonial period to post-Independence period. It studies Shakespeare in Bengali and Parsi theatre at length. Other theatre traditions, such as Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi, have been included. The book dwells on the fascinating story of the languages of India that have absorbed Shakespeare's work and have transformed the original educated Indian's Shakespeare into the popular Shakespeare practice of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the unique urban- folkish tradition in postcolonial India.

Index

A

Abel, Roysten, 185

Addy, Baishnav Charan, 7

Agarkar, G.G., 96, 99–100

Ahmed, Nissar, 113

Akshara, K.V., 103

Alakzi, Ebrahim, 145, 154

Albert Theatrical Company, 52

Alekar, Satish, 144

Alfred Theatrical Company, The, 74

Ali, Munshi Imdad, 123

Ali, Munshi Murad, 68–69, 73

Allana, Nissar, 145

Almarattam, 115

Amarchand Wadikar Natak Mandali, 92

Amateurs Dramatic Club, 52

Amateurs, Elphinstone, 52

Amir Jan, 67

Amrita Bazar Patrika, 26–30, 33, 35, 39

Amur, G.S., 106, 108

Anand, Mulk Raj, 141

Anandrao, A., 105, 109–110

Andha Yug, 144

Andher Nagari, 123

Annoda Mangal, 30f

Antony and Cleopatra, 69, 99

Apni Apni Ruchi, 126

Aram, Nasharvanji Mehrvanji Khansahab, 63

Arambam, Lokendra, 138, 166–172

Arambam, Somorendra, 167, 169

Arjun ka Sarthi, 161

Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 165, 172. See also Kashmir; Manipur

Aryan Theatre, 167

As You Like It, 73, 103, 126, 129, 186

Asiatic Journal, 9–10, 13

Atheneum Theatre, 5

Athens ka Raja Timon, 129

Auckland, Lord, 6

Authentic identities, 82, 187

Avan Veendum Varunnu, 117

Awasthi, Suresh, 143, 158

Azad, Maulana Abul Kalam, 140

B

Baba Gokhale School, 93

Bachchan, Harivansh Rai, 129–132, 154, 176

Badshah Pather, 138, 172–173, 175–177, 187. See also King Lear

Bagula Bhagat, 126

Baitaconah Theatre, 5

Balakrishnan, Sadnam, 121

Balgandharva, 99

Balivala, Khurshedji Mehrvanji, 63

Balvant Company, 96, 100

Bandekhuda, Dadab...