Grounds for play : the Nauṭaṅkī theatre of North India /

Main Author: Hansen, Kathryn.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992.
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Table of Contents:
  • The name of the Nauṭaṅkī
  • Situating an intermediary theatre
  • The landscape of premodern performance
  • Authors, Akhāṛās, and texts
  • Kings, warriors, and bandits
  • Paradigms of pure love
  • Women's lives and deaths
  • Melody, meter, and the musical medium
  • Conclusion.