Theatre And The World: Essays On Performance And Politics Of Culture Theatre & The World

On The Phenomenon Of Interculturalism In The Theater, With Special Reference To India. Part I : Points Of Departure. Collision Of Cultures : Some Western Interpretations And Uses Of The Indian Theatre ; Goodbye Grotowski ; The Theatre Of Migrants ; Satyagraha : A World Outside Of Time ; Peter Brook's Mahabharata : A View From India -- Part Ii : Transition. The Request Concert Project : Foreword ; Request Concert In Calcutta ; Request Concert In Bombay ; Request Concert In Madras ; Retrospect -- Part Iii : Returning. Preparing For Krishna ; Notes On The Invention Of Tradition ; Letter To An Actress ; Ninasam : A Cultural Alternative. Rustom Bharucha. Spine Title: Theatre & The World. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In this passionate and uncompromising work, Rustom Bharucha presents the first major critique of intercultural theatre from a `Third World' perspective. Arguing that Indian theatre has been appropriated and grossly mythologised by Western directors and critics, Bharucha provides an alternative and invigorating vision of the possiblities of true cultural puralism.