{"product_id":"the-theatre-of-conscience","title":"The Theatre Of Conscience","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Manoj Mitra\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Edito: Mousumi Roy Chowdhury\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2007\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 290\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8170463238\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Theatre of Conscience\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Palace of Shadows (Chhayar Prashad; set in the decadence of the Mauryan Empire during the times of Bindusar and the scripture-toting Brahmans) and The Tale of Hekim-shaheb (Galpo Hekimshaheb; set in nineteenth-century Bengal against the backdrop of the Permanent Settlement Act and the revenue-extracting British and exploitative zamindars, talukdars and chepattanidars), cast in the genre of the historical play, are addressed from within the crisis of our times--the rise of religious fundamentalism, corruption and misrule. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoney From a Broken Hive (Chak Bhanga Modhu; written during the crisis-ridden period of the Naxal Movement in Bengal) addresses a crisis of another kind-of representation. Chance news of a man dying of snakebite at the Ojha's house in a village in the Sunderbans triggered off the writing of this play in which Manoj Mitra shows violence within a community of extreme poverty as erupting from forces that cannot be contained within an ideology or a rationalized will to act. This volume also contains a detailed introduction by the translator and an indepth interview with the playwright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Hekim-shaheb \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoney from a Broken Hive\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Shadow Palace \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix:\u003cbr\u003e\"That Tiny Cube of Space\"\u003cbr\u003eAn Interview with the Playwright\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Manoj Mitra \/ Seagull Books \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153797804400,"sku":"22639","price":27.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/22639.jpg?v=1793914258","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-theatre-of-conscience","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}