Indian Dramatists

Playwrights of India, from the great classical Sanskrit poet and dramatist of the fourth or fifth century to a modern playwright and film director who wrote in Kannada and worked in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. Their plays draw on epic and legend and carry the Indian dramatic tradition from the Sanskrit court stage to the modern theatre of India. The group shows the long continuity of Indian drama, from the court plays of the Gupta age to the myths, history and social questions that interest dramatists working in India today.