Women Centre Stage: The Dramatist and the Play

ISBN-13: 9781138179431 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 364 str.

Poile Sengupta

Opis

This selection of six contemporary plays explores familial, social, mythological and political issues with women centre stage. The plays are distinct from each other in structure, theme and style, but revolve around the position and role of women in family, social and political systems.

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction by Shashi Deshpande -- Mangalam -- Inner Laws -- Keats Was A Tuber -- Alipha -- Thus Spake Shoorpanakha, So Said Shakuni -- Samara's Song -- About the Author.

O autorze

Poile Sengupta is a playwright and a writer for children. She has been lecturer at the University of Delhi, India and a columnist for a magazine and two national newspapers.