Drama T.Y B.A English

Unit 2 

Drama by Meena A Bhil

Question - Write a detailed  note on Indian English Drama

Or

History or origin of Indian English Drama 

• Preface 

      "  It is the landmark of the development of  English Drama in india" .

              Drama is not a new form of literature in Indian English Drama . The writers also gave their contribution in Indian English Drama . Indian drama reached its highest peak during that time so we can be  considered it as a greatest era of that time .Like,

               -  Toru Dutt    

               - Rabindranath Tagore 

               - Salman Rushdie 

              -  R.K Narayan 

 

•            Origin / Background of Indian English Drama

      English Drama was started by Krishna Mohan Banerjee" with the work of "The persecuted (1837) ; it was progressive after Tagore and Sri Aurobindo

•        Indian Dramatists

  

               The history of indian drama began with the contribution of Michal Madhusudan Dutt's play ...

" Is  this called Civilization ? ( 1871) .

•     Major Dramatis;

          " There are some dramatist who gave their contribution to drama " 

There are two great dramatists like Tagore and Sri Aurobindo. 

                     1)  Rabindranath Tagor. 

 "Tagore is the essentially a river poet as well as natural poet " 

Tagore was novelist , stories , songs , dancer , dramatist and essayist . He won the Nobel prize in 1913 for Geetanjali

•             His  Drama

• Chitra 
• Sacrifice
• Chandalika
• Malini
• Post office

      -.  According to me 

" By this drama the soul of every indian would be felt  proud

             2)   Sri Aurobindo.

"Spirituality is indeed

 the master key of the Indian mind 

      He was born as Aurobindo Ghose . He was an Indian nationalist , philosopher , Yogi , Guru , and poet . He was one of the supreme masters  in Indian English literature . His poetry can be divided into two part

Poetry of action

Poetry of meditations 

His plays 

•  The mothe
• Savitri
• The life divine
• The secret of yoga
• The human cycle

              3).    P.A krishnaswami

 " Another noteworthy Dramatist"

He was the dramatist of indian English Drama He gave his contribution to Indian English Drama . He known for his unusual verse  play ; 

                   "The flute of Krishna

          4)    Haridranath Chattopadhyay...

 He has been noted for his geniusness . His most  important work are following; 

• The window
• The parrot
• The coffee

There are some characters in his play

• Saku Bai
• Mira Bai
• Jayadevi

        5).    T.P Kailasa

       "T.P Kailasam was a prominent playwright and poet 

His full name was Thanjavur Paramasiva Kailasm.He was the father of humorous play .His work divided into two categories like ; 

1) Work written in English language

2) Work written in kannada Language

 -    Works written in English Language

1) Fulfillment

2) The Brahmin's curse

3) The burden

4) The purpose

-   Work written on Kannada Language

1) Makala school mana alawa

2)  Sikarni savithri

        7)   Bharti Sarabhai ( Most Imp )

" Bharti Sarabhai is the female dramatist ".

She was the modern woman playwright during the colonial era of Indian writing in English 

•     Her play.

- The well of the peopl

-  Two women

      8).  A .S.P Ayya; 

He is the dramatist who wrote work like :

- The clutch of the devi

- The trial of science for the murder of Humanity

     9)  J.M Lobo Prab.

He is another great dramatist of Indian writing in English . He wrote dozens of plays 

-  Death Abdicate

• Another Playwright

• Mahesh Datani
• Girish karnard ( Most Imp )
• Vijay Tendulkar ( imp )

• Conclusion 

              After discussing this dramatist we conclude that Indian English Drama flourished in this field rapidly . I want to conclude that

" Indian English Drama reached its highest peak during that time"