Theatre of Roots
Subtitle: Redirecting the Modern Indian Stage (Enactments)
Publisher: Seagull Books
Published: March 18, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781905422753
Subjects: Theatre, drama; Performing Arts; Performing Arts/Dance; India; Theater - History & Criticism; Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism
Description: "Based on invaluable primary research, this book takes an in-depth look at the work of three major Indian directors, all practitioners of Theatre of Roots: K.N. Panikkar of Kerala; the Kannada playwright, actor and director Girish Karnad; and Ratan Thiyam of Manipur in the extreme northeast of India. Mee also undertakes a study of how national cultural bodies like the Sangeet Natak Akademi and the National School of Drama played a significant role in inflecting the nature of a movement that began with individual artists but soon came to be identified with the formation of a 'national' identity."--Jacket.