Islam in Performance

Ashis Sengupta is Professor of English at the University of North Bengal, India. He is the recipient of the Olive I Reddick award (1995), Fulbright American Studies Institute fellowship (2002), Fulbright visiting scholarship (2006) and SASNET guest lecturer grant (2009), and has published numerous essays and chapters on South Asian and American theatre in journals and edited volumes that include the Journal of American Studies, Comparative American Studies, Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Indian Literature, and DLB: South Asian Writers in English.

• Introduction: Performing Islam in South AsiaPlays from BangladeshPayer Awaj Pawa Jai/At the Sound of Marching Feet by Syed Shamsul Haq (translated by the author)Araj Charitamrita/Life of Araj by Masum Reza (translated by Bina Biswas and Sayantan Gupta)Plays from IndiaThe Djinns of Eidgah by Abhishek MajumdarBahut Dur Tak Raat Hogi/The Far-Reaching Night by Zahida Zaidi (translated by Ameena Kazi Ansari)Plays from PakistanHum Rokaen Gae/We Shall Resist by Anwer Jafri (translated by Sheema Kermani)Dekh Tamasha Chalta Ban/Watch the Show and Move on by Shahid Nadeem (translated by Shuby Abidi)Notes on Contributors