Arun Mukhopadhyay is one of the most prominent theatre directors of Kolkata and the founder of the Chetana theatre group. Here he recounts the theatrical journey that is still on.
The Beginning
Debleena Tripathi: We can see from accounts of your childhood that there was the natmandir (a hall…
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Suchetana Banerjee: Today we have writer, translator, theatre critic, film critic Samik Bandopadhyay with us to discuss Utpal Dutt and his theatre. Thank you, Samik da. To start with, Utpal Dutt is a phenomenon in Bangla theatre. We can’t term him just as an actor or as a dramaturg or as a…
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The article is about 'Bertolt Brecht 80' organised in Calcutta, celebrating the playwright, with references to some of his plays adapted in India.
in Library Artifacts
P.L. Deshpande writes about translating plays in English to regional languages, here in Marathi, and adapting them accordingly for the audiences.
in Library Artifacts
Company director Richard Schechner writes about his theatre troupe, The Performance Group and presenting Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children in India.
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Vijaya Mehta writes about directing Ajab Nyaya Vartulacha, a Marathi adaptation of Brecht's The Caucasion Chalk Circle, in Europe.
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Sudhanva Deshpande in this conversation with Dr. Javed Malick talks about Habib Tanvir's theatre and politics, language and form, actors and Naya Theatre. Dr. Malick says, 'Habib sa'ab understood the classical form of Indian theatre through the folk form, he realised that the folk and the classical…
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