Utpal Dutt and political theatre in postcolonial India

• Verfasst von: Sinha Roy, Mallarika [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Utpal Dutt and political theatre in postcolonial India
• Verf.angabe: Mallarika Sinha Roy, Jawaharlal Nehru University
• Verlagsort: Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2024
• Umfang: 75 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 24 cm
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Cambridge elements : Elements in theatre, performance and the political
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-75)
• ISBN: 978-1-009-50022-7
• ISBN: 1-009-50022-8
• ISBN: 978-1-009-26407-5
• ISBN: 1-009-26407-9
• Schlagwörter: (p)Datta, Utpala / (s)Politisches Theater / (s)Postkolonialismus
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Sinha Roy, Mallarika: Utpal Dutt and political theatre in postcolonial India. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press 2024
• K10plus-PPN: 1891379798

Abstract

Among the most significant playwrights and theatre-makers of postcolonial India, Utpal Dutt (1929-1993), was an early exponent of rethinking colonial history through political theatre. Dutt envisaged political theatre as part of the larger Marxist project, and his incorporation of new developments in Marxist thinking, including the contributions of Antonio Gramsci, makes it possible to conceptualise his protagonists as insurgent subalterns. A decolonial approach to staging history remained a significant element in Dutt's artistic project. This Element examines Dutt's passionate engagement with Marxism and explores how this sense of urgency was actioned through the writing and producing of plays about the peasant revolts and armed anti-colonial movements which took place during the period of British rule. Drawing on contemporary debates in political theatre regarding the autonomy of the spectator and the performance of history, the author locates Dutt's political theatre in a historical frame