The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre
Ananda Lal
Containing more than 700 entries and 250 illustrations, this comprehensive reference tool offers coverage for all of Indian theater, in its various regional languages. The entries focus on topics such as censorship, criticism, architecture, acting, festivals, lighting, mime, individual groups or companies, and genres.
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Contents
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THE OXFORD COMPANION TO INDIAN THEATRE AZ
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General Bibliography
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Credits for Illustrations
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Copyright
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Common terms and phrases
abhinaya acting actor actress adapted amateur Andhra artists Assamese audience became Bengali theatre bhava Bombay Born Brahman Calcutta Centre century characters Chhau cinema classical composed contemporary costumes cultural dance Delhi dialogue directed director district dramatist enacted English famous festivals films genre Girish Gujarati Gujarati theatre guru Hindi Hindi theatre Hindu historical Indian theatre Jatra Kalidasa Kannada Kannada theatre Karnataka Kashmiri Kathakali Kerala Krishna Kuchipudi Kutiyattam language later Lila literature Mahabharata Maharashtra Malayalam Mandali Manipuri Marathi Marathi theatre modern movement mythological Nair Natak Mandali National Natya Natyasastra one-act Orissa Oriya Parsi Parsi theatre Performing Arts Pillai plays playwright poet popular Pradesh productions professional Punjabi puppets Raja Ramayana Ramlila rasa ritual roles Sangitnatak Sanskrit theatre School of Drama scripts Sindhi singer Singh singing social songs stage story style Tagore Tamil Tamil Nadu Telugu theatrical themes traditional translated troupe Urdu village writing wrote Yakshagana