{"product_id":"collected-plays-in-translation","title":"Collected Plays in Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Vijay Tendulkar\u003cbr\u003eSamik Bandyopadhyay\/\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s): Priya Adarkar \/ Gowri Ramnarayan et al\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 598\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 019 5662091\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection brings together for the first time, award-winning playwright Vijay Tendulkar’s best-known plays, translated from Marathi. It includes a preface by Tendulkar on his induction into the art of writing plays, and a piece on what he considers to be the essential skills of a playwright. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe introduction by Samik Bandyopadhyay discusses the role of power in Tendulkar’s plays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe plays deal with the complexity of human relationships. Each contains a subtle critique of modern Indian society, and a distinct character and message. Kamala is an indictment of the success-oriented male society in which women are mere stepping stones for the achievements of men. Silence! The Court is in Session combines social criticism with the tragedy of an individual victimized by society. Sakharam Binder explores the complications of human nature, two necessary components of which are sex and violence. The Vultures depicts the economic and moral degeneration of a family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEncounter in Umbugland is a political satire and Ghashiram Kotwal, set in Maharashtra in the late eighteenth century, recounts the power game played out in terms of caste ascendancy in politics. A Friend’s Story is a stark commentary on the nature of both heterosexual and homosexual love. Kanyadaan explores the texture of modernity and social change in India through a marriage between two people of different castes and backgrounds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA compilation of eight plays, this volume is a collector’s item which will make Tendulkar’s works easily accessible to student sand aficionados of modern Indian theatre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndia’s finest playwright’s most famous plays… are here… Together, they offer you a rare and powerful insight into middle-class India, and how it thinks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Sunday Observer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReading…his plays…leaves one spellbound and shell-shocked… like all great playwrights Tendulkar is a gripping story-teller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Independent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVijay Tendulkar’s place is assured; the historical position of his plays vis-à-vis the Indian dramatic tradition is assured… The plays…have had hugely successful runs, and have been critically acclaimed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Free Press Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTendulkar is an astute craftsman…The uncertainty of the Vultures is a brilliant dramatic puzzle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Samik Bandhyopadhyay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface by Vijay Tendulkar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharacterization and Structure: Two Essentials for a Playwright by Vijay Tendulkar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Samik Bandyopadhyay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKamala\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Priya Adarkar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilence! The Court is in Session\u003cbr\u003eTranslate by Priya Adarkar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSakharam Binder\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Kumud Mehta and Shanta Gokhale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Vultures\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Priya Adarkar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEncounter in Umbugland\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Priya Adarkar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGhashiram Kotwal\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Jayant Karve and Eleanor Zelliot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Friend’s Story\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Gowri Ramnarayan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKanyadaan\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Gowri Ramnarayan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix I\u003cbr\u003eAppendix II\u003cbr\u003eAppendix III\u003cbr\u003eAppendix IV\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Vijay Tendulkar \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153668272496,"sku":"11198","price":48.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/11198.jpg?v=1793912369","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/collected-plays-in-translation","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}