| Stages of Life: Indian Theatre Autobiographies Contributor(s): Hansen, Kathryn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0857286609 ISBN-13: 9780857286604 Publisher: Anthem Press OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2011035910 |
| Series: Anthem Studies in Theatre and Performance |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.42 lbs) 392 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The vanished world of India's late-colonial theatre provides the backdrop for the autobiographies in this book. The life-stories of a quartet of early Indian actors and poet-playwrights are here translated into English for the first time. These men were schooled not in the classroom but in large theatrical companies run by Parsi entrepreneurs. Their memoirs, replete with anecdote and humor, are as significant to the understanding of the nationalist era as the lives of political leaders or social reformers. |