Jatinder Verma MBE is a theatre director and playwright. Over a 45-year career in theatre, he founded and managed the iconic Tara Arts theatre company, and directed more than 100 plays. He has alsoadapted classics of world theatre, written original plays, built a theatre (Tara Theatre), and written a variety of articles on theatre and culture. www.jvproductions.co.ukJerri Daboo is Professor of Performance and Culture in the Department of Communications, Drama, and Film at the University of Exeter, UK.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroduction, by Jerri DabooIntroduction, by Jatinder VermaYES, MEMSAHIB (1979)THE LION’S RAJ (1982)MITI KI GADI (Little Clay Cart) (1984)THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (1988)TARTUFFE (1990)OEDIPUS THE KING (1991)JOURNEY TO THE WEST: A Trilogy (2002)WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT (2004)

Jatinder Verma MBE is a theatre director and playwright. Over a 45-year career in theatre, he founded and managed the iconic Tara Arts theatre company, and directed more than 100 plays. He has alsoadapted classics of world theatre, written original plays, built a theatre (Tara Theatre), and written a variety of articles on theatre and culture. www.jvproductions.co.ukJerri Daboo is Professor of Performance and Culture in the Department of Communications, Drama, and Film at the University of Exeter, UK.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroduction, by Jerri DabooIntroduction, by Jatinder VermaYES, MEMSAHIB (1979)THE LION’S RAJ (1982)MITI KI GADI (Little Clay Cart) (1984)THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (1988)TARTUFFE (1990)OEDIPUS THE KING (1991)JOURNEY TO THE WEST: A Trilogy (2002)WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT (2004)

Jatinder Verma MBE is a theatre director and playwright. Over a 45-year career in theatre, he founded and managed the iconic Tara Arts theatre company, and directed more than 100 plays. He has alsoadapted classics of world theatre, written original plays, built a theatre (Tara Theatre), and written a variety of articles on theatre and culture. www.jvproductions.co.ukJerri Daboo is Professor of Performance and Culture in the Department of Communications, Drama, and Film at the University of Exeter, UK.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroduction, by Jerri DabooIntroduction, by Jatinder VermaYES, MEMSAHIB (1979)THE LION’S RAJ (1982)MITI KI GADI (Little Clay Cart) (1984)THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR (1988)TARTUFFE (1990)OEDIPUS THE KING (1991)JOURNEY TO THE WEST: A Trilogy (2002)WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT (2004)