{"product_id":"five-plays","title":"Five Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Vijay Tendulkar\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 357\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195637364\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the five most famous plays of India's finest playwright contained in this selection has its own distinct character and message. Together they offer a rare and very powerful insight into middle class India, and how it thinks. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVijay Tendulkar has been in the vanguard of Indian theatre for almost forty years.  This prolific writer has twenty-eight full-length plays to his credit, many of which have been published in major Indian languages besides Marathi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis anthology contains five of Tendulkar's most significant plays.  All the plays highlight the complexity of human relationships, all contain a latent critique of modern Indian society, mainly middle class and lower middle class; and in all of them women play significant roles in the plot.  Yet each has its own distinct character and message.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Kamla' is an indictment of the success-oriented male society in which women find themselves mere stepping stones in men's achievements. '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; and 'The vultures;' depicts the economic and moral degeneration of a family.  'Encounter in Umbugland' is a political satire.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReading five of his plays at a stretch leaves one both spellbound and shell-shocked  . . . Like all great playwrights Tendulkar is a gripping story-teller.                                                                           - - Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by ARUNDHATI BANERJEE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKamala \u003cbr\u003etranslated by PRIYA ADARKAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilence! The Court is in Session \u003cbr\u003etranslated 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Vijay Tendulkar \/ Oxford University Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153798459760,"sku":"2341","price":25.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/2507.jpg?v=1793914267","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/five-plays","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}