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 Bengali theatre looks at the plays mounted in the city in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and their reception.
It goes on to study the cultural efflorescence known as the 'Bengal Renaissance' and the subsequent politicization 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.
| ISBN: | 9781905422432 |
| Publication date: | 1st October 2007 |
| Author: | Sudipto Chatterjee |
| Publisher: | Seagull Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 318 pages |
| Series: | Enactments |
| Genres: |
Performance art |
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 Bengali theatre looks at the plays mounted in the city in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and their reception. It goes on to study the cultural efflorescence known as the 'Bengal Renaissance' and the subsequent politicization 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.
The Colonial Staged features in the following genres: Performance art
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The Colonial Staged was written by Sudipto Chatterjee and published by Seagull Books
The Colonial Staged has 318 pages
Yes it is part of Enactments series