Includes bibliographical references (p. [136]-149) and index.
Contents:
Constructing the theatre actress -- Argumentative women in domestic spaces : the plays of Rasheed Jahan and Ismat Chughtai -- Independence, partition, and new theatrical imaginings -- From social reform to social protest : gender and caste politics in Kusum Kumar's 'Listen Shefali' (Suno Shefali) -- The courtesan as 'virangana' in contemporary historical drama : Tripurari Sharma's San Sattavan ka Qissa : Azizun Nisa -- Epilogue : 'A window into an elegant and colourful, but almost forgotten world.'
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