Contents
From the Editor's Desk
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1. New Zealand Theatre: Maori and
Pacific Plays in English
Dieter Riemenschneider
7
2. Inner and Outer Space in the
Plays of Mahesh Dattani
Angelie Multani
21
3. Bhangra Moves
Anjali Gera
33
4. Spectacular India: Performing
the National Imaginary
Nilanjana Mukherjee
46
5. SANKRANTI (Summer Solstice): A Play
P. Lankesh
Translated from Kannada by H.S. Komalesha
59
6. Reflections on the Need for a Dalit Theatre
K.A. Gunasekaran
Translated from Tamil by B. Mangalam
76
7. "Political by birth not by choice”:
Interview with Drew Hayden Taylor
Pankaj K. Singh
82
8. The Unraveling of the Self: Broken Images:
Karnad’s Postmodern Project
Tutun Mukherjee
88
9. Madness and Theater: Pirandello and Fo —
Readings of Henry IV and Accidental
Death of an Anarchist
Sharmishta Lahiri
101
10. A Brief History of Chinese Huaju:
A Soclo-Political Perspective
Sabaree Mitra
119
11. An Introduction to Alhakhand:
A North Indian Folk Epic
Namrata Chaturvedi
129
12. Theatrical Spaces and Contemporary
Indian Women Directors
Lakshmi Subramanyam
135