01417nam a22001937a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100080008308200220009110000190011324500200013226000330015230000260018536500590021150000400027052008730031065000400118320220427120513.0211106b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780143422280  cAL  aeng  223a820.23 bDATM  aMahesh Dattani  aMe and my plays  aHaryanabPenguin Booksc2014  a246p.bPBc19.7x13cm.  2Generala3210b₹239.20c₹d₹299e20%f01/11/2021  aWinner of the sahitya akademi award  aMahesh Dattani’s work has shaped contemporary English theatre in India over the past twenty-five years, boldly exploring themes like homosexuality, religious fanaticism, child sexual abuse and gender bias while also raising the bar for theatrical innovation. In Me and My Plays, he eloquently reflects on the highs and lows of surviving in a system largely indifferent to professional theatre.

Included in this edition are Where Did I Leave My Purdah?, which explores the life and travails of Nazia, a feisty actress now in her eighties, who is forced to confront her past demons when she attempts to stage a comeback, and The Big Fat City, a black comedy about the residents of an apartment complex in Mumbai who unwittingly become accomplices to a murder. Intense and hard-hitting, both plays deal with the lies that simmer beneath the surface of our daily lives.  2English dramaaIndian english drama