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Sudhindra Sircar (15 July 1925 - 13 May 2011), also known as Badal Sarkar, was an influential Indian dramatist and theatre director, most known for his anti-establishment plays during the Naxalite movement in the 1970s and taking theatre out of the proscenium and into public arena, when he transformed his own theatre company, Shatabdi ...
Michhil is a satirical and critical commentary on the status quo, performed by actors who interact with the audience and transform the space. It is an example of Third Theatre, a concept developed by Badal Sircar, the father of street theatre in India.
Sep 30, 2015 · Badal Sircar (1925-2011) is one of the most important and influential figures in the history of post-independence Indian theatre. As a playwright, he contributed seminal texts...
- Anjum Katyal
- SAGE Publications, 2015
- 9351503712, 9789351503712
- Badal Sircar: Towards a Theatre of Conscience
Aug 12, 2022 · When Badal Sircar’s absurdist play Evam Indrajit was staged in 1963, it foreshadowed the angst of the Naxalite movement and created a stir in theatre circles. Sircar would later pioneer Third...
May 15, 2011 · In between the frenzy over a political change in West Bengal, the death news of dramatist Badal Sircar, who re-wrote the history of contemporary Indian theatre, went largely overlooked.
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Aug 14, 2015 · Their style of theatre can be traced back to Badal Sircar—the late Bengali playwright and theatre director who pioneered the Third Theatre movement in India, and whom the members of...
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