Sanskrit Play Production in Ancient India

by Tarla Mehta

Sanskrit Play Production in Ancient India moves through three levels of understanding: (1) What the components of the traditional Natya Production are as described in Natyasastra and other ancient Indian dramaturgical works; how they are interrelated and how they are employed in the staging of Rasa-oriented sanskrit plays?Probing deep into the immense reaches of time to India`s archaic past the author pieces together a fascinatingly intricate design of play production down to the units and subunits of expression and executive. Dr. Tarla Mehta is a well knwon actress on stage and films in Bombay. She has produced children`s plays as well as sanskrit plays in ancient Indian performing style. She has won a number of awards of best Actress from the Governments of Maharashtra and Gujrat. "This is a masterly stroke to spike the guns of possible critics...the text is a valuable reference book." --Theatre India