Mapping South Asia through Contemporary Theatre

Syed Jamil Ahmed, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Carol C. Davis, Franklin & Marshall College, USA Kanchuka Dharmasiri, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Aparna Dharwadker, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Shayoni Mitra, Barnard College, Columbia University, USA Asma Mundrawala, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan

• Foreword; Aparna Dharwadker Introduction: Setting the Stage; Ashis Sengupta 1. Dispatches from the Margins: Theatre in India since the 1990s; Shayoni Mitra 2. Theatre Chronicles: Framing Theatre Narratives in Pakistan's Sociopolitical Context; Asma Mundrawala 3. Designs of Living in the Contemporary Theatre of Bangladesh; Syed Jamil Ahmed 4. Towards an Engaged Stage: Nepali Theatre in Uncertain Times; Carol C. Davis 5. From Narratives of National Origin to Bloodied Streets: Contemporary Sinhala and Tamil Theatre in Sri Lanka ; Kanchuka Dharmasiri Select Bibliography Index

"The volume, as a whole, makes an important contribution in mapping the contours of the theatres of the South Asian nations. All the essays record the urge for articulations in the theatres, produced and received often under volatile circumstances. ... In brief, this comprehensive study of the theatres of South Asia has been a distinctive addition to recent theatre studies." (Abhijit Sen, Asiatic, Vol. 9 (2), December, 2015)