Collected Plays of Satish Alekar: v. 2
Volume II
Satish Alekar(Author)
OUP India (Publisher)
Published in October 2008
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-19-569493-2 (ISBN)
Description
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 Collected Plays, the second of two, includes some of his finest works in translation: 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. Begum Barve (1979) is a lament for the cultural forms that are lost to modernity. Barve is a throwback to the lost era of Marathi musicals and the play is about his final attempt at living his life on his own terms--an attempt that is cruelly crushed, sadly, by his long-time partner. Mickey ani Memsahib (1973) is a surreal play about an Amazonian woman who controls her scientist husband physically and mentally, who in turn seeks his escape through his scientific experiments. The plot is almost novelistic and is a brilliant satire on the nature of scientific modernity.The plays have been translated by Shanta Gokhale and Priya Adarkar, respectively.
Along with a Foreword by Girish Karnad, the volume includes a critical introduction and interview of Satish Alekar by noted theatre critic, Samik Bandyopadhyay. A must for students and scholars of modern Indian theatre and cultural studies, this book will also be of interest to scholars of Indian literature in translation.
Along with a Foreword by Girish Karnad, the volume includes a critical introduction and interview of Satish Alekar by noted theatre critic, Samik Bandyopadhyay. A must for students and scholars of modern Indian theatre and cultural studies, this book will also be of interest to scholars of Indian literature in translation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Illustrations
8 black and white photographs
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-569493-2 (9780195694932)
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Content
FOREWORD BY GIRISH KARNAD; INTRODUCTION BY SAMIK BANDYOPADHYAY; BEGUM BARVE, TRANS., SHANTA GOKHALE; MICKEY ANI MEMSAHIB ('MICKEY AND THE MEMSAHIB'), TRANS., PRIYA ADARKAR; INTERVIEW OF SATISH ALEKAR BY SAMIK BANDYOPADHYAY