[Y-Indology] Stagings of Shakespeare's contemporaries in India

October 25, 2005

Dear Sangeeta,

The books in the list at the bottom of this message might be useful, though I

have not examined them.

Where are you living? I might be able to direct you to someone or some

collection that could help you in person.

You might try contacting the Folger Shakespeare Library, the largest collection

of Shakespeare in the world, which has much on his contemporaries. The Head of

Reference might have some ideas. I know the Folger makes considerable efforts

to get translations of Shakespeare into world languages; they may an effort

for those of the other Elizabethans. Contact:

Dr. Georgianna Ziegler

Head of Reference

Folger Shakespeare Library

reference

(202) 675-0311

fax: (202) 675-0313

I have looked in my own library's catalog and in OCLC/WorldCat for translations

of plays by these authors published in India, without success. My thought was

that the translations might include information about when they were produced.

You might also try the Index Translationum, a UNESCO bibliography of

translations around the world, which is available free online from 1979

<hhtp://www.unesco.org/culture/translationum> and prior to 1979 at very many

research libraries in various countries, it having been sent free on deposit.

If have searched your authors in the Sahitya Akademi's National Bibliography of

Indian Literature (see description at

<http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/southasia/nbil.html> in its searchable online

form as part of the Digital Library of South Asia at

<http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/nbil.py> and not found any titles. The NBIL

does include translations into Indian languages of foreign language works, if

they were deemed important by the experts. Of course, as you know, frequently

Indian plays are adaptations of European plays without admitting it upfront, and

on the other hand professed translations are heavily indigenized.

The subject heading for Elizabethan drama in general as used by Library of

Congress, vast numbers of other libraries, and many article indexing services,

is:

English drama Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600

Since Jonson, Webster, and Kid (and for that matter Shakespeare himself) worked

largely of James I and VI (reigned King of England 1603-1625) , the question of

Jacobean drama arises. There does not seem to be a subject heading using that

phrase, instead it is:

English drama 17th century

Hope this is of some help.

Yours,

Allen Thrasher

Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D., Senior Reference Librarian

South Asia Team, Asian Division

Library of Congress, Jefferson Building 150

101 Independence Ave., S.E.

Washington, DC 20540-4810

tel. 202-707-3732; fax 202-707-1724; athr

The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of

Congress.

>>> sasanksekharmohanty 10/20/05 4:52 PM >>>

Dear All,

Would someone be kind enough to give me some information on the important stage

productions/adaptations of Shakespeare's contemporaries( Webster, Marlowe, Kyd,

Johnson) in India?

Thanks

Sangeeta

LC Control Number: 2003313883

Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Personal Name: Das Gupta, Hemendra Nath.

Main Title: The Indian stage / Hemendra Nath Das Gupta.

Variant Title: Vol. 3 has alternative title: Girish Chandra : the man and

the

moment

Published/Created: New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 2002.

Description: 4 v. in 2 : ill. ; 22 cm.

ISBN: 8121510627 (set)

Summary: Early Bengali and English drama, theater and theaters.

Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Calcutta, 1944-46.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Subjects: Ghose, Girishchandra, 1844-1912.

Bengali drama--History and criticism.

English drama--India--Bengal--History and criticism.

Theater--India--Bengal.

Theaters--India--Bengal.

LC Classification: PK1711 .D3 2002

Overseas Acq. No.: I-E-2003-313883; 22-92; 56-92

Other System No.: (DLC) 2003313883

Repro./Stock No.: Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office Rs1600.00

Geog. Area Code: a-ii---

Quality Code: lcode

Electronic File Info.:

Table of contents

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy042/2003313883.html

CALL NUMBER: PK1711 .D3 2002

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LC Control Number: 99934951

Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Personal Name: Desamukha, Sobha.

Main Title: Rangabhumi, Marathitila anuvadita natakañci /

Sobha Desamukha.

Published/Created: Pune : Jagannatha Prakasana, [19--]

Description: 32, 75 p. ; 23 cm.

Summary: Study on Marathi theater based on plays translated, chiefly

from English.

Notes: In Marathi.

Subjects: Theater--India--Maharashtra.

English drama--Translations into Marathi--History and

criticism.

LC Classification: PN2885.M3 D4627 1900z

Overseas Acq. No.: I-Mar-99-934951; 06

Other System No.: (DLC) 99934951

Repro./Stock No.: Library of Congress -- New Delhi Field Office Rs30.00

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LC Control Number: 88026641

Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Personal Name: Loomba, Ania.

Main Title: Gender, race, Renaissance drama / Ania Loomba.

Published/Created: Manchester : Manchester University Press ; New York :

Distributed in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press,

c1989.

Description: viii, 178 p. ; 23 cm.

ISBN: 0719028396 :

071902840X (pbk.) :

Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [159]-172.

Subjects: English drama--17th century--History and criticism.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan,

1500-1600--History and criticism.

Theater and society--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Political plays, English--History and criticism.

English literature--Study and teaching--India.

Imperialism in literature.

Patriarchy in literature.

Racism in literature.

Sexism in literature.

Canon (Literature)

Renaissance--England.

Series: Cultural politics

LC Classification: PR658.P297 L6 1989

Dewey Class No.: 822/.009/355 19

Geog. Area Code: e-uk--- a-ii---

CALL NUMBER: PR658.P297 L6 1989

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LC Control Number: 94902193

Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Personal Name: Patil, Anand, 1945-

Main Title: Western influence on Marathi drama : a case study / Anand

Patil.

Published/Created: Panaji : Rajahamsa, 1993.

Description: xii, 326 p. :; ill. 23 cm.

ISBN: 8185854068 :

Summary: Study of the influences on drama and theatre; cover the

period,

1818-1947.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-318) and index.

Subjects: Marathi drama--India--Maharashtra--History and criticism.

Marathi drama--19th century--History and criticism.

Marathi drama--20th century--History and criticism.

English drama--History and criticism.

Theater--India--Maharashtra--History.

LC Classification: PK2417.M34 P38 1993

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October 30, 2005

Dear Mr. Thrasher,

Thank you very much for the extensive information. I live in Basel, Switzerland.

Regards

Sangeeta

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