Diverse Pursuits - Essays on Drama and Theatre

About the author

Javed Malick is an academic and theatre scholar. He holds a Master's degree from Delhi University and a Ph.D. from McGill University. He has written and lectured extensively in India and abroad on modern drama and theatre. Among his published works are Toward a Theatre of the Oppressed: the Dramaturgy of John Arden (University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor) and an English translation of Habib Tanvir's Agra Bazaar (Seagull Books, Kolkata).

Summary

The book traces the historical trajectory of modern drama in Europe from its bourgeois period through the period of the liberal dissent to the more recent periods of radical alternative. The subsequent essays deal with certain specific examples of that drama in India and the West.

Product details

• Authors: Javed Malick, Malick Javed
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781032042589
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3204258-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; DRAMA / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, DRAMA / American / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, DRAMA / Asian / General, DRAMA / European / French, Theatre Studies, Performance Art