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unusual facts about Indian theatre



Jaishankar Prasad

In 1960s, Shanta Gandhi Professor of Ancient Indian Drama at while at National School of Drama, revived interest in Jaishankar Prasad’s plays for modern Indian theatre, by successfully staging his most important play Skanda Gupta written in 1928, with little changes to the original script, thus quashing doubts over its "stagability".


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Budhan Theatre

Founded in 1998, Budhan Theatre is an Indian theatre group composed of members of the Chhara tribe, one of India's groups of denotified or "criminal" tribal people in Ahmedabad, Gujurat.

Ghashiram Kotwal

Jabbar Patel's production of the play in 1973 is considered a classic in Modern Indian Theatre.

Hanay Geiogamah

He founded the American Indian Theatre Ensemble in New York City and formed the widely acclaimed American Indian Dance Theatre, which toured the world and performed on PBS' Great Performances.

Jabbar Patel

His production of the play Vijay Tendulkar's play Ghashiram Kotwal, in 1973 is considered a classic in Modern Indian Theatre.