The Bengali Drama: Its Origin and DevelopmentThis is Volume V out of eleven that form a collection on India, its History, Economy and Society. First published in 1930, this book looks at the origin and development of Bengali Drama and contains matter for historians, as well as direct criticism of what the author considers to be genuinely dramatic in the literature of Bengal, past or present. |
Contents
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THE YATRA AND THE EARLY EUROPEAN DRAMA | 17 |
THE YATRA AS ACTED | 20 |
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE YATRA | 23 |
THE BENGALI DRAMA IN NEPAL | 31 |
THE ANTIQUITY OF THE THEATRE IN INDIA | 34 |
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MODERN BENGALI DRAMA VIII THE NEW ERA | 37 |
THE RIVALS OF THE BELGACHHIA THEATRE | 88 |
THE AGE OF GIRIS CHANDRA GHOS XVIII THE EARLY ACTIVITIES OF GIRIS CHANDRA GHOS | 95 |
DINA BANDHU MITRA | 97 |
THE NATIONAL THEATRE | 101 |
a As a Writer of Serious Drama | 107 |
b As a Writer of Comedy | 113 |
THE ART AND PRACTICE OF GIRIS CHANDRA GHOṢ | 135 |
DVIJENDRA LAL RAY AND HIS TIMES XXIII THE SVADESI ANDOLAN | 143 |
THE EUROPEAN THEATRES AND THEIR EARLY IMITATORS | 40 |
ENGLISH PLAYS PRODUCED BY BENGALIS | 49 |
THE FIRST BENGALI PLAY | 51 |
KulinKulSarbasva | 56 |
SANSKRIT PLAYS | 60 |
RAM NARAYAṆ TARKARATNA | 63 |
THE BENGALI THEATRES XV THE BELGACHHIA THEATRE | 67 |
a His Serious Plays 71 8882 | 71 |
b His Comedies | 82 |
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