{"product_id":"collected-plays-volume-1-paperback","title":"Collected Plays Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGirish Karnad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTh e troubled reign of a fourteenth-century sultan of Delhi helps dramatize\u003cbr\u003ethe crisis of secular nationhood in post-Independence India. A twelft hcentury\u003cbr\u003efolktale about 'transposed heads' off ers a path-breaking model for\u003cbr\u003ea quintessentially 'Indian' theatre in postcolonial times. The folktale about\u003cbr\u003ea woman with a snake lover explores gender relations within marriage.\u003cbr\u003eIndividual human sexuality meets the historical debate on violence in Indian\u003cbr\u003eculture. The plays in this volume span roughly the fi rst half of the career of\u003cbr\u003eGirish Karnad, one of India's pre-eminent playwrights.\u003cbr\u003eTh e three-volume set of Karnad's Collected Plays brings together English\u003cbr\u003eversions of his important works. Each volume contains an extensive\u003cbr\u003eintroduction by theatre scholar Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker, Professor\u003cbr\u003eof English and Interdisciplinary Th eatre Studies, University of Wisconsin, \u003cbr\u003eMadison. Th e introductions trace the literary and theatrical evolution of\u003cbr\u003eKarnad's work over six decades and position it in the larger context of\u003cbr\u003emodern Indian drama. In addition, they comment on Karnad's place as author\u003cbr\u003eand translator in a multilingual performance culture and the relation of his\u003cbr\u003eplaywriting to his work in the popular media.\u003cbr\u003eEach of these volumes serves as a collector's item, making Karnad's works\u003cbr\u003eaccessible to theatre lovers worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGirish Karnad, \u003cem\u003eCollected Plays Vol 1, author, actor, ex-OUP editor\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGirish Karnad, a playwright, film-maker, and actor, writes in Kannada and has translated his plays into English. The\u003cbr\u003eInternational Theatre Centre of UNESCO, Paris, has declared him the World Theatre Ambassador of the International\u003cbr\u003eTheater Institute, Paris. He has been honoured with the Padma Bhushan and was also conferred the prestigious Jnanpith\u003cbr\u003eand Sahitya Akademi awards. He provided the voice of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India, in the audiobook of\u003cbr\u003eKalam's autobiography by Charkha Audiobooks Wings of Fire.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47334232654073,"sku":"9780190127695","price":34.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Tr1CQHKSZB9780190127695.webp?v=1769648652","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/collected-plays-volume-1-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}