Stages of Life: Indian Theatre Autobiographies

Stages of Life: Indian Theatre Autobiographies

Kathryn Hansen
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Author:  Kathryn Hansen
Condition:  New
Format:  Hardback
Pages:  392
Publisher:  Anthem Press
Year:  2011
ISBN:  9780857286604

Four autobiographies of early twentieth-century actors and playwrights are presented in English translation, with substantive chapters on the Parsi theatre and strategies for reading autobiography in the Indian context.

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