Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.
Contents:
Postdrama and theatre-making in India. Hans-Thies Lehmann and since: debates in postdramatic theatre and performance -- Theorizing and contextualizing India's postdramatic -- The non-dramatic turn in Indian theatre: early adaptations and devised plays -- India's postdramatic I: "Telling stories across forms," theatre and the new political, theatre of scenography -- India's postdramatic II: monologies and theatre solos -- India's postdramatic III: theatre-as-event, reality theatre, theatre installations -- Activism in India's postdramatic theatre -- Conclusion. Postdrama and theatre-making in India.
Summary:
"Postdramatic Theatre and India participates in the ongoing debate on Hans-Thies Lehmann's theory of the postdramatic by placing contemporary Indian theatre within the conversation. It demonstrates how urban productions in India since the 1990s, which grew out of a complex of changing global and regional circumstances, have used theatre-making protocols to enter into dialogue with the postdramatic, reworking the process by enriching it with domestic performance cultures. Rich in formal diversity, theatre in India today includes devised shows, theatre solos, cross-media performance, theatre installations, scenographic theatre, theatre-as-event, reality theatre, and so much more. The book balances theory, contextualization and praxis, developing an entirely new area of scholarship in Indian theatre. Interspersed with this are Indian theatre-makers' reflections on their own theory and practices vis-à-vis those in the rest of the world."-- Page 4 of cover.
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