A Study of Plays Written By Popular Indian Poets With Special Reference To The Plays Of Sri Aurobindo Nissim Ezekiel And Gieve Patel

Abstract

Indian drama in English has slowly but steadily earned national and international newlinerecognition. The individual and collective experimental efforts of the innovative newlineplaywrights like Mohan Rakesh, Vijay Tendulkar, Badal Sircar and Girish Karnad in newlineHindi, Marathi, Bengali and Kannada theatres respectively in the sixties and seventies newlinerendered regional drama into national drama. The translations of the works of these newlineplaywrights into English formed the main corpus of Indian English drama. The newlinecontributions of these four regional playwrights as writers and theater men were so vital newlinethat the playwrights writing originally in English escaped the critical attention of the newlineacademic scholars. The academic inquiries into Indian drama in English have remained newlineconfined to these playwrights only. It seems that the scholars in the respective regional newlinelanguages also focused on the dramatic works of these four dramatists. newlineHypothesis: newlineThe following assumptions are framed to precede the research: newline1. The poetical works of Sri. Aurobindo, Nissim Ezekiel and Gieve Patel have newlineovershadowed their plays; therefore, those plays did not receive due critical newlineattention. newline2. The failure of these popular poets as playwrights accounts for their talents as newlinepoets. newline3. The analysis of their dramatic output will lead to reasons of their failure. newlineObjectives of the Research: newline1. To analyze the dramatic works of Sri. Aurobindo, Nissim Ezekiel and Gieve Patel. newline2. to interpret the multiple issues discussed in the plays of these playwrights in the newlinecontext of their times. newline3. To analyze why these poets of eminence failed to earn equal status as playwrights. newline4. To assess the contribution of Sri.Aurobindo, Nissim Ezekiel and Gieve Patel to the newlinedevelopment of Indian English drama. newline