A01=Ananda Lal
A01=Utpal Dutt
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Author_Ananda Lal
Author_Utpal Dutt
authoritarianism
automatic-update
bengaliliterature
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=DD
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_poetry
fascism
indialist
indianliterature
Language_English
Nazism
PA=Available
playscript
Price_€10 to €20
PS=Active
rightwing
seagullbooks
softlaunch
theater
theatre
translatedliterature
translation
Product details
- ISBN 9781803090511
- Weight: 164g
- Dimensions: 144 x 220mm
- Publication Date: 14 Oct 2022
- Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
A political play staging the Nazi takeover of Germany with an eye on India.
Although Utpal Dutt is acknowledged as a trailblazer of post-Independence Indian theater, English readers have not had access to the range and wealth of his drama. Barricade is a political play that stages the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933 with an eye on India. Today, the surge to power of far-right parties and fundamentalist fanaticism across the world means that the co-option of democracy and civil society that led to Nazi fascism can happen again—or indeed has already happened—granting Barricade its immediate urgency. Equipped with an introduction analyzing its historical context, this translation of Barricade is also a very rare product in dramatic literature, collating both the printed original as well as a documented performance of the production directed by Dutt.
Although Utpal Dutt is acknowledged as a trailblazer of post-Independence Indian theater, English readers have not had access to the range and wealth of his drama. Barricade is a political play that stages the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933 with an eye on India. Today, the surge to power of far-right parties and fundamentalist fanaticism across the world means that the co-option of democracy and civil society that led to Nazi fascism can happen again—or indeed has already happened—granting Barricade its immediate urgency. Equipped with an introduction analyzing its historical context, this translation of Barricade is also a very rare product in dramatic literature, collating both the printed original as well as a documented performance of the production directed by Dutt.
Utpal Dutt (1929–1993) was one of India’s most important playwrights, theater directors, and actors. Ananda Lal, a theatre and translation specialist, retired as professor of English from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He directs Writers Workshop, Kolkata, and runs kolkatatheatre.com.
