Contemporary Theatre : East and North-East

Contents: Preface. 1. Bodo. 2. Garo. 3. Khasi. 4. Khortha. 5. Kokborok. 6. Lepcha. 7. Mahali. 8. Manipuri. 9. Mizo. 10. Nagamese. 11. Nagpuri. 12. Santali.

"Series IX quickly establish itself a standard reference source book on \'East and Non-Eastern Contemporary Theatre\', as practised in marginalised languages. This is an exhaustive and all encompassing work covering as it does the whole ground connected with theatre of aboriginals in its modern phase.

The volume painstakingly document almost everything you need to know about their theatre commencing from a brisk history highlighting trends, movements, personalities, troupes, recent theatre happenings, bio-bibliographical accounts of playwrights and theatre practitioners, scripts, institutions, supplemented with numerous invaluable and rare photographs and also included informative appendices.

Highly recommended for the Librarians, academies, schools, troupes, and institutions interested in Indian stage and above all to critical readers, theatre historians and connoisseurs." (jacket)