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Women in Tendulkar's Plays
Women in Tendulkar's Plays
KOTWAL
Indian Drama has long history. It flourishes in ancient time. The Sanskrit
Drama was main line in the ancient time. Modern Drama is influenced by
classical Sanskrit Drama and Western theatre. Bharata’s Natyashartra is a great
treatise in Sanskrit. He is in the range of Aristotle’s Poetics. Aristotle gave the
theory of Imitation in Poetics and definition of tragedy “tragedy is the
imitation of action that is serious, complete and of a certain magnitude; in a
language beautified in different parts with different kinds of embellishment,
through action and not narration and through scenes of pity and fear bringing
about the catharsis of these emotions.” Kalidas Shakuntala (Circa 5th century)
is a great drama. Bhasa wrote 134 plays. His masterpieces are Swapana –
Vasavadatta. The story is about king Udayana who is tom between his love for
his wife Vasavadatta and the political necessity of marrying Padma Vati, the
daughter of Harsha’s.