Bhasa’ s Ramayana Plays: From Page to Stage

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About the book: Drama is a distinct form of literature which is meant for performance. Unlike poetry and novel, its true value lies in its stagebility. On the evidence of 2500 years of dramatic theory and practice in both East and the West it is reasonable to conclude that plays need not be considered as either performable texts or scriptable performances. They can be and usually are, both. The best play is designed for the page as well as for the stage as is evident from the works of great dramatists like Shakespeare in the West and Bhasa/Kalidasa in the East. Hence the present volume involves the analysis of the Ramayana plays ascribed to Bhasa namely, abbbhishek and pratinaytkam both in terms of Language in Theatre i.e. Dramatic Text composed by the playwright and Language of Theatre i.e. performance text designed by the director for the production of the play and tries to established the inter relation between both of them. The main focus is on the detailed textual analysis of these two plays and the performance analysis of balidham and turundham, the two acts of abhisheknatkam in kutiyattam tradition and K. N. Panikkar’s pathbreaking production of pratinatkam. How the dramatic text is transformed into the performance text is shown here for establishing the relation between text and performance.

About the Author: Dr. Mahesh Champaklal Professor Emeritus and former Head, Deptt. of Dramatics and also Ex-Dean, Faculty of Performing Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Was associated with the professional Gujarati Theatre in Mumbai from 1973 to 1981. Actively contributed and participated in Experimental Theatre of Gujarat as writer, actor and director from 1982 onwards. Conferred upon with Gaurav Puraskar by Gujarat State Sangeet Natak Akademi, and felicitated with Best Translation Award by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi and Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, Gandhinagar for the Gujarati Translation of Girish Karnad’s The Fire and the Rain. Researched, authored and published four books in Gujarati on Bharata’s Natyasastra and three books in Gujarati on theatre criticism which were acknowledged and awarded by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. Honored with fellowship at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study-IIAS, Shimla in 2014 for the project entitled, ‘Language in Theatre, Language of Theatre-Dramatic Text versus Performance Text in the context of Bhasa’s Ramayana Plays: An Analytical and Comparative Study’ on which the present volume is based. 

ISBN: 978-93-82396-60-4  About the book: Drama is a distinct form of literature which is meant for performance. Unlike poetry and novel, its true value lies in its stagebility. On the evidence of 2500 years of dramatic theory and practice in both East and the West it is reasonable to conclude that plays need not be considered as either performable texts or scriptable performances. They can be and usually are, both. The best play is designed for the page as well as for the stage as is evident from the works of great dramatists like Shakespeare in the West and Bhasa/Kalidasa in the East. Hence the present volume involves the analysis of the Ramayana plays ascribed to Bhasa namely, abbbhishek and pratinaytkam both in terms of Language in Theatre i.e. Dramatic Text composed by the playwright and Language of Theatre i.e. performance text designed by the director for the production of the play and tries to established the inter relation between both of them. The main focus is on the detailed textual analysis of these two plays and the performance analysis of balidham and turundham, the two acts of abhisheknatkam in kutiyattam tradition and K. N. Panikkar’s pathbreaking production of pratinatkam. How the dramatic text is transformed into the performance text is shown here for establishing the relation between text and performance.About the Author: Dr. Mahesh Champaklal Professor Emeritus and former Head, Deptt. of Dramatics and also Ex-Dean, Faculty of Performing Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Was associated with the professional Gujarati Theatre in Mumbai from 1973 to 1981. Actively contributed and participated in Experimental Theatre of Gujarat as writer, actor and director from 1982 onwards. Conferred upon with Gaurav Puraskar by Gujarat State Sangeet Natak Akademi, and felicitated with Best Translation Award by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi and Gujarat Sahitya Akademi, Gandhinagar for the Gujarati Translation of Girish Karnad’s The Fire and the Rain. Researched, authored and published four books in Gujarati on Bharata’s Natyasastra and three books in Gujarati on theatre criticism which were acknowledged and awarded by Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and Gujarat Sahitya Akademi. Honored with fellowship at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study-IIAS, Shimla in 2014 for the project entitled, ‘Language in Theatre, Language of Theatre-Dramatic Text versus Performance Text in the context of Bhasa’s Ramayana Plays: An Analytical and Comparative Study’ on which the present volume is based. ISBN: 978-93-82396-60-4 

Features

• Title : Bhasa’ s Ramayana Plays: From Page to Stage
• Author : Dr Mahesh Champaklal
• Publisher : Indian Institute of Advanced Study
• Binding : Hardcover
• Published Date : 2018
• Language : English