Utpal Dutt's Theatre: Continuities and Disjunctions in His Politics and Aesthetics

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Uddalak Dutta

Utpal Dutt's Theatre

Continuities and Disjunctions in His Politics and Aesthetics

Uddalak Dutta

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Springer Verlag, Singapore
22 November 2023

Theatre Studies; Theatre: individual actors & directors; Individual actors & performers; Museums & museology; Cultural studies

Series: Performance Studies & Cultural Discourse in South Asia

This book offers the reader an in-depth understanding of Utpal Dutt’s entire career in drama. Covering Dutt’s career in proscenium, street theatre and Jatra, it analyzes the interesting exchange of dramatic art with politics in his theatre. Owing to a plethora of unsubstantiated opinions, Dutt is either revered by his followers or dismissed by his opponents, but hardly ever studied with necessary objectivity and intellectual rigour. The book attempts to bust the myth that Dutt was primarily a political propagandist who used theatre only as a means to achieve his political end. The remarkable range of Dutt’s subject matter makes him as internationally significant as he is loved by Indian theatre enthusiasts. His work has been discussed on various reputed international platforms. Yet there is a stark lacuna when it comes to intellectual attention devoted to Dutt’s theatre. This is the first book which attempts to introduce Dutt’s theatre comprehensively to an international readership.

The book looks briefly at Dutt’s life, the impact of his politics on his theatre, the art of his characterization, his dramaturgy and stage technique, and the legacy of his work in theatre. It also offers the reader with a chronological list of the first performances of his original theatrical works and an exhaustive bibliography, which, it is hoped, shall prove especially useful for researchers. The book is designed for lay theatre enthusiasts as well as advanced students of theatre.

By: Uddalak Dutta
Imprint: Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of Publication: Singapore
Edition: 2023 ed.
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm,
Weight: 494g
ISBN: 9789819921263
ISBN 10: 9819921260
Series: Performance Studies & Cultural Discourse in South Asia
Pages: 185
Publication Date: 22 November 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Uddalak Dutta is presently employed as an Assistant Professor at the Department of English, Banwarilal Bhalotia College, Asansol, India. He completed his doctoral research at the Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 2020, under the supervision of Prof. Ananda Lal, where he worked on the theatre of Utpal Dutt. His research interests include political theatre, modern Indian theatre, Marxist theatre, Shakespeare, and Tagore’s theatre. He has published research articles based on his areas of research in several academic journals and edited books.