MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS


8Mon 04.00 PM
The Folly, Amethyst
Whites Road
Next to Corporation Bank
Royapettah, Chennai 600 014
        The challenge Indian writing poses to English theatre
Over the last couple of decades Indian playwrights and writers have engaged the attention of English Theatre, either in original, translationor adaptation. How has traditional English theatre, nourished on Western plays from Shakespeare and Shaw to Pinter and Neil Simon, coped with this new focus? What difficulties and challenges has this thrown up? What effect has it had on audiences, used to “English English”? Renowned theatre personality and voice-over artist PC Ramakrishna looks at this progress, with the pitfalls  encountered and opportunities given.
P.C. Ramakrishna is a theatre actor and a communications professional, long associated with The Madras Players as an actor and administrator. He served as its president for two decades and has acted in scores of its theatrical productions since 1969.
Please note this is an evening meeting.

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