| Description |
1 online resource (392 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Anthem Studies in Theatre and Performance
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Anthem studies in theatre and performance.
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| Contents |
Front Matter; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Main Matter; PART 1; 1 Pioneers to Professionals: A Retrospective of the Parsi Theatre; 2 Theatrical Memoirs and the Archives of Autobiography; PART 2; 3 Narayan Prasad Betab, The Deeds of Betab; 4 Radheshyam Kathavachak, My Theatre Days; 5 Jayshankar Sundari, Some Blossoms, Some Tears; 6 Fida Husain, Fifty Years in the Parsi Theatre; PART 3; 7 Self and Subjectivity in Autobiographical Criticism; 8 Voices and Silences: Reading the Texts; End Matter; APPENDIX 1 Historical Personages and Institutions. |
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APPENDIX 2 List of Plays and FilmsGlossary of Hindi and Urdu Terms; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Four autobiographies of early twentieth-century actors and playwrights are presented in English translation, with substantive chapters on the Parsi theatre and strategies for reading autobiography in the Indian context. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-360) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Actors -- India -- Biography.
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Actors. |
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India. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Dramatists, Indic -- Biography.
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Dramatists, Indic. |
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Autobiography -- Indic authors -- History and criticism.
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Autobiography. |
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Authors, Indic. |
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Theater -- India -- History -- 20th century.
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Theater. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hansen, Kathryn. Stages of Life : Indian Theatre Autobiographies. London : Anthem Press, ©2011 9780857286604 |
| ISBN |
9780857284457 (electronic book) |
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0857284452 (electronic book) |
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1283377012 |
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9781283377010 |
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9780857286604 |
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0857286609 |
| Standard No. |
9786613377012 |
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