Complete Plays

About the Author: J.p.das J.P. Dass first play Before the Sunset appeared in the 1970swhich was a glorious period of modern Indian drama whenplaywrights writing in different languages were widely translatedand staged all over the country and sense of a national Indiantheatre was developing. Before the Sunset was first staged in itsBangla version in Hindi in Delhi directed by Ram Gopal Bajaj withOm Puri playing the lead. An English translation of the play waspublished in the theatre magazine Enact and translations intoPunjabi Gujarati Marathi Kannada and other languages followed tobe staged in different parts of the country. Over the years theplay has achieved the status of a classic. This volume brings together under one cover all the plays ofJ.P. Das which came out in their English versions at differenttimes. The plays in this volume are very different from each otherin characterisation and treatment. Each play stands its own grounda marker of some of the tensions that disturb the modern man andour contemporary society. This volume will bear testimony to the versatility of J.P. Daswho is also a well-known poet fiction-writer and essayist.