Utpal Dutt's Theatre

Continuities and Disjunctions in His Politics and Aesthetics

Uddalak Dutta (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

185 Seiten

2023 | 2023 ed.
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-99-2126-3 (ISBN)

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This book offers the reader an in-depth understanding of Utpal Dutt’s entire career in drama. Covering Dutt’s career in proscenium, street theatre and Jatra, it analyzes the interesting exchange of dramatic art with politics in his theatre. Owing to a plethora of unsubstantiated opinions, Dutt is either revered by his followers or dismissed by his opponents, but hardly ever studied with necessary objectivity and intellectual rigour. The book attempts to bust the myth that Dutt was primarily a political propagandist who used theatre only as a means to achieve his political end. The remarkable range of Dutt’s subject matter makes him as internationally significant as he is loved by Indian theatre enthusiasts. His work has been discussed on various reputed international platforms. Yet there is a stark lacuna when it comes to intellectual attention devoted to Dutt’s theatre. This is the first book which attempts to introduce Dutt’s theatre comprehensively to an international readership.The book looks briefly at Dutt’s life, the impact of his politics on his theatre, the art of his characterization, his dramaturgy and stage technique, and the legacy of his work in theatre. It also offers the reader with a chronological list of the first performances of his original theatrical works and an exhaustive bibliography, which, it is hoped, shall prove especially useful for researchers. The book is designed for lay theatre enthusiasts as well as advanced students of theatre.

Dr. Uddalak Dutta is presently employed as an Assistant Professor at the Department of English, Banwarilal Bhalotia College, Asansol, India. He completed his doctoral research at the Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 2020, under the supervision of Prof. Ananda Lal, where he worked on the theatre of Utpal Dutt. His research interests include political theatre, modern Indian theatre, Marxist theatre, Shakespeare, and Tagore’s theatre. He has published research articles based on his areas of research in several academic journals and edited books.

Life: Genesis of Dramaturgy.- Politics: The Engagement of Ideological Convictions and Thematics.- Characterization: An Exploration of Marxian Dialectics in Theatre.- On Stage: Direction, Acting, and Stagecraft in Productions.- Legacy: Which Utpal Dutt Lives On?.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.11.2023
Reihe/Serie	Performance Studies & Cultural Discourse in South Asia
Zusatzinfo	3 Illustrations, color; 7 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sozialwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Group Theatre • Marxist Theatre • modern Indian theatre • Performing Arts in India • Post-independence Indian Literature • Proscenium and Alternative Theatre • Revolutionary theatre in India • Utpal Dutt
ISBN-10	981-99-2126-0 / 9819921260
ISBN-13	978-981-99-2126-3 / 9789819921263
Zustand	Neuware