While remapping the region by examining enduring historical and cultural connections, this study discusses multiple traditions and practices of theatre and performance in five South Asian countries within their specific political and socio-cultural contexts.

Autorentext
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

Inhalt
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