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OverviewCelebrated Indian playwright Mahesh Elkunchwar has experimented with many forms of dramatic expression in a career that now spans more than four decades, producing works that range from the realist to the symbolic, expressionist to the theater of the absurd. This volume brings together four of his most widely staged plays from the 1970s and ’80s. In Party (1972), Elkunchwar offers a Chekhovian look at members of a set of metropolitan intellectuals, contrasting their pretensions, petty rivalries, aspirations, and frustrations with the struggle of a young man who abandons the group to fight for the marginalized. In Flowers of Blood (1971) and Reflection (1987), he presents two young men—lovers from a small town lost in the big city—in whose struggle, which verges on the absurd, we see a searing portrait of contemporary Indian urban middle class. In Autobiography (1987), a successful septuagenarian writer sets out to dictate his memoirs to a quizzical young scholar—but it remains unwritten, as different versions of the truth clash, and the writer comes to confront an ego that he had never really known. Accompanied by an introduction setting the works in context and an interview with the author, this collection of plays will be a significant addition to the under-represented body of Indian plays available in English translation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mahesh ElkunchwarPublisher: Seagull Books London Ltd Imprint: Seagull Books London Ltd Dimensions: Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.00cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780857424945ISBN 10: 0857424947 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 08 February 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThese plays are a delight to read and visualize. -- Times Literary Supplement These plays are a delight to read and visualize. --Times Literary Supplement Author InformationMahesh Elkunchwar is the author of more than twenty plays in Marathi, in addition to theoretical writings, critical works, and screenplays. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |