from Vikram Jain Books

Radhakrishan Dhanuka Prakashan Sansthan. Softcover. New. Aadhe-Adhoore Mohan Rakesh Theatre

Rajpal and Sons, 2009. Softcover. New. Printed Pages: 104. NA

Sharada Publishing House, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. New. 15 x 23 cm. A comparative study of classical Indian and Western drama with special reference to comedy that reveals interesting similarities and differences between the two in respect of aesthetic theory, theatric practice and elements of dramatic composition. The common ground between Western and Sanskrit theatre relates to… Read more

Collins/HarperCollins Publishers, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. New. 23 x 29 cm. This extraordinary book documents a glorious phase of cinema in India – the silent cinema era. Of the approximately 1,300 silent films produced between 1913 and 1931, barely one per cent have survived, and not all of these in their entirety. The book traces the stories of… Read more

Orient Blackswan, 2013. Hardcover. New. Gendering the Nation studies the role of the comic theatre in Britain during the long eighteenth century as a nation-building discourse. It evaluates the impact of the cultural phenomenon of Sentimentality on the English comic stage in conceptualising gendered identities for the men and women of a polite, genteel nation. The book analyses… Read more

Shubhi Publications, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. New. 22 x 30 cm. The book covers the contemporary existing scenario of Indian theatre –over the current decade – after tracing its roots briefly for different language-groups. The book`s uniqueness lies in its attention paid to the emerging professional theatre; wide prevalence of English, Hindi, Bengali and Marathi drama; overview of… Read more

B.R.Publishing Corporation, 1999. Softcover. New. Printed Pages: 186. NA

Rajpal and Sons, 2006. Hardcover. New. Printed Pages: 160. NA

Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd., 2002. Softcover. New. The vastness of Hinduism and some aspects of Indian culture have been systematically put together in this compact book. It talks about the revered gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon; it tells us why Krishna is blue; why the cow is sacred; why have Hindu gods been depicted with… Read more

Peacock/ Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd., 2012. Hardcover. New. Red Oleanders/Raktakarabi is one of the best plays of Tagore, the myriadminded and multifaceted genius; understandably ‘meanings’ have been sought ‘under the petals’, in spite of the author’s admonition, by countless readers, theatre-goers, performers/producers, and literary critics. Raktakarabi belongs to the symbolic phase (1922-1932) of Tagore’s experimentations with… Read more

Rajpal and Sons, 2014. Softcover. New. Printed Pages: 136. NA

Seagull Books, 2007. First edition. Softcover. New. From the late eighteenth century, Calcutta, first city of the British Empire, has been a hub of intersecting ideas and movements of change. Nowhere did the restless currents of history play themselves out more graphically than in the composite art of theatre and performance. This poineering study of the history of… Read more

Niyogi Books, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. New. 16 x 24 cm. Bhanu Bharti’s passion for tribal myths, rituals and ethnic stagecraft while exploring and expanding the frontiers of Indian theatre to reveal contemporary sensibilities has widened his artistic vision to a great length.As a young man he was witness to the great expectations and disillusionments of the Nehruvian… Read more

Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd., 2014. Softcover. New. 12 x 18 cm. Shakespeare composed Julius Caesar in about 1599, using as his source Sir Thomas North`s translation of Plutarch`s lives, which had been published about twenty years earlier. Though the play hinges on Caesar`s assassination, it is a very astute comment on the influences of political power.… Read more

Rajpal and Sons, 2014. Softcover. New. Printed Pages: 96. NA

Rajpal and Sons, 2014. Hardcover. New. Printed Pages: 472. NA

Hope India Publications, 2006. 5th or later edition. Hardcover. New. 23 X 29 cm. This book puts together views of twenty-six playwrights and directors whose work was featured in the unique ‘retrospective’ of Indian theatre, the Nehru Shatabdi Natya Samaroh in 1989, organized by Sangeet Natak Akademi. As a document of a phase of Indian theatre in the… Read more

Rajpal and Sons, 2015. Softcover. New. Printed Pages: 168. NA

Rajpal and Sons, 2014. Softcover. New. Printed Pages: 118. NA

Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd., 2003. Softcover. New. Much Ado About Nothing, a comedy set in five acts, tells the story of a woman, Hero, wrongly accused of unfaithfulness. The subplot is of Benedick and Beatrice`s attemtps at not falling in love when that is precisely what they feel for each other. In this play, what sustains the… Read more