Theatre and the World : Performance and the Politics of Culture

by Bharucha, Rustom

• ISBN13: 9780203168172
• ISBN10: 0203168178
• Copyright: 2004-01-14
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

In this passionate and controversial work, director and critic Rustom Bharucha presents the first major critique of intercultural theatre from a 'Third World' perspective. Bharucha questions the assumptions underlying the theatrical visions of some of the twentieth century's most prominent theatre practitioners and theorists, including Antonin Artaud, Jerzsy Grotowski, and Peter Brook. He contends that Indian theatre has been grossly mythologised and taken out of context by Western directors and critics. And he presents a detailed dramaturgical analysis of what he describes as an intracultural theatre project, providing an alternative vision of the possibilities of true cultural pluralism. Theatre and the World bravely challenges much of today's 'multicultural' theatre movement. It will be vital reading for anyone interested in the creation or discussion of a truly non-Eurocentric world theatre.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Points of Departure	p. 11
Collision of Cultures	p. 13
Goodbye Grotowski	p. 42
The Theatre of Migrants	p. 54
Peter Brook's Mahabharata	p. 68
References	p. 87
Transition	p. 89
The Request Concert Project	p. 91
Request Concert in Calcutta	p. 95
Request Concert in Bombay	p. 112
Request Concert in Madras	p. 127
Retrospect	p. 148
Returning	p. 163
Preparing for Krishna	p. 165
Notes on the Invention of Tradition	p. 192
Letter to an Actress	p. 211
Ninasam	p. 220
Afterword	p. 240
Index	p. 251
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