Stages of Life: Indian Theatre Autobiographies

by Kathryn Hansen

Book Overview

By the end of the nineteenth century, Western-style playhouses were found in every Indian city. Professional drama troupes held crowds spellbound with their spectacular productions. From this colorful world of entertainment come 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.

The most famous, Jayshankar Sundari, was a female impersonator...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178308068X
• ISBN13: 9781783080687
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"