Parsi theatre
Parsi theatre is a generic term for an influential theatre tradition, staged by
Entertainment-driven and incorporating musical theatre and folk theatre, in the early 1900s, some Parsi theatre producers switched to new media like bioscope and subsequently many became film producers. The theatre diminished in popularity, with the arrival of the talkies era in Hindi cinema in the 1930s. Post-independence, it experienced a revival in the 1950s, much like theatre in the rest of India.[3][4]
History
The British community in Bombay had been staging theatre in English language for sometime by the mid-19th century. Parsis were a prominent business community in the city. In early 1850s, the students of
Sharmistha Gooptu and Bhaumik identify
The early plays in Parsi theatre presented Indianized versions of
Later Parsi plays "blended
Parsi theatre was also popular in South-East Asia, where it was known as Wyang Parsi and often imitated.[15]
In 1981, Mumbai-based theatre director Nadira Babbar, started her theatre group Ekjute (Together), with the production of Yahudi Ki Ladki, which revived the Parsi theatre style, and is considered one of its finest.[16]
References
- OCLC 607157336– via Oxford Reference.
- S2CID 234113680.
- ^ Kasbekar 2006, p. 50.
- ^ Dalmia 2004, p. 60.
- ^ Chandawarkar, Rahul (18 December 2011). "Understanding 20th century Parsi theatre". Daily News & Analysis. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- S2CID 146409840.
- ^ Palsetia 2001, p. 184.
- ISBN 9781136912177.
- ^ Hansen, p. 75
- ^ a b K. Moti Gokulsing, K. Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake (2004). Indian Popular Cinema: A Narrative of Cultural Change. Trentham Books. p. 98.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Hochman 1984, p. 38.
- ^ Joughin 1997, p. 129.
- ISBN 978-1-84331-833-0.
- ISBN 978-0-19-909177-5.
- ISBN 9781443899987.
- ^ "Indian theatre at the crossroads". The Tribune. 25 June 2000. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
Bibliography
- Hochman, Stanley (1984). McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes. VNR AG. ISBN 978-0-07-079169-5.
- Nicholson, Rashna Darius (2015). "Corporeality, Aryanism, Race: The Theatre and Social Reform of the Parsis of Western India". South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. 38 (4): 613–638. S2CID 146409840.
- Palsetia, Jesse S. (2001). The Parsis of India: Preservation of Identity in Bombay City. BRILL. ISBN 90-04-12114-5.
- Somanath Gupta; tr. Kathryn Hansen (2005). The Parsi Theatre: Its Origins and Development. Seagull Books. ISBN 978-81-7046-273-6.
- Sandria B. Freitag (1989). "Chapter 2: The Birth of Hindi Drama in Banaras: 1868–1885, by Kathryn Hansen". Culture and power in Banaras: community, performance, and environment, 1800–1980. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-06367-9.
- Nicholson, Rashna Darius (2021). The Colonial public and the Parsi stage : the making of the theatre of empire (1853-1893). Springer. OCLC 1241450414.
- Marfatia, Meher (2011). Laughter in the House!: 20th-century Parsi Theatre. Sooni Taraporevala (photos). 49/50 Books. ISBN 978-81-921367-0-7.
- Kasbekar, Asha (2006). Pop Culture India!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-636-7.
- Joughin, John J. (1997). Shakespeare and National Culture. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-5051-0.
- Blackburn, Stuart H.; Dalmia, Vasudha (2004). India's Literary History: Essays on the Nineteenth Century. Orient Blackswan. ISBN 978-81-7824-056-5.
- "History of the Parsi Theatre". Zoroastrian Educational Institute.