Part 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 CHAPTER I THE RELATION OF THE Y?TR? TO THE ANCIENT INDIAN DRAMA; Chapter 2 CHAPTER II THE ORIGIN OF THE Y?TR?; Chapter 3 CHAPTER III THE Y?TR? AND THE EARLY EUROPEAN DRAMA; Chapter 4 CHAPTER IV THE Y?TR? AS ACTED; Chapter 5 CHAPTER V THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE Y?TR?; Chapter 6 CHAPTER VI THE BENGALI DRAMA IN NEP?L; Chapter 7 CHAPTER VII THE ANTIQUITY OF THE THEATRE IN INDIA; Part 2 THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MODERN BENGALI DRAMA; Chapter 8 CHAPTER VIII THE NEW ERA; Chapter 9 CHAPTER IX THE EUROPEAN THEATRES AND THEIR EARLY IMITATORS; Chapter 10 CHAPTER X ENGLISH PLAYS PRODUCED BY BENGALIS; Chapter 11 CHAPTER XI THE FIRST BENGALI PLAY; Chapter 12 CHAPTER XII “KUL?N-KUL-SARBASVA”; Chapter 13 CHAPTER XIII SANSKRIT PLAYS; Chapter 14 CHAPTER XIV R?M N?R?YA? TARKARATNA (1823–85); Part 3 THE BENGALI THEATRES; Chapter 15 CHAPTER XV THE BELG?CHHI? THEATRE; Chapter 16 CHAPTEE XVI MICHAEL MADHU S?DAN DATTA (1824–73); Chapter 17 CHAPTER XVII THE RIVALS OF THE BELG?CHHI? THEATEE; Part 4 THE AGE OF GIR?? CHANDRA GHO?; Chapter 18 CHAPTER XVIII THE EARLY ACTIVITIES OF GIR?? CHANDRA GHO?; Chapter 19 CHAPTER XIX THE NATIONAL THEATRE; Chapter 20 CHAPTER XX D?NA BANDHU MITRA (1829–73); Chapter 21 CHAPTER XXI THE SUCCESSORS OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE; Chapter 22 CHAPTER XXII THE ART AND PRACTICE OF GIR?? CHANDRA GHOS; Part 5 DVIJENDRA L?L R?Y AND HIS TIMES; Chapter 23 CHAPTER XXIII THE SVADE?? ?NDOLAN; Chapter 24 CHAPTER XXIV NATIONALISM IN LITERATURE AND DRAMA; Chapter 25 CHAPTER XXV THE NATIONALISM OF DVIJENDRA L?L R?Y; Chapter 26 CHAPTER XXVI THE PLAYS OF DVIJENDRA L?L R?Y; Part 6 RAB?NDRA N?TH TAGORE; Chapter 27 CHAPTER XXVII HIS EARLIER DRAMAS; Chapter 28 CHAPTER XXVIII HIS SYMBOLICAL DRAMAS; Chapter 29 CHAPTER XXIX HIS DRAMATIC ART; Part 7 CONCLUSION; Chapter 30 Chapter XXX THE OUTLOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; play PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS; INDEX;
P. Guha-Thakurta, Reader in English, Lucknow University.