Dramatic Activity and Performance

Drama is a performance and the audience enjoy the spectacle of the artists and their action on stage. The enjoyment is achieved only when the playwright transforms his words into actions of the actors. The book gives an exhaustive comparison between Indian dramatic tradition and Aristotelian principles. The technique of any dramatist may be defined roughly as his ways methods and devices for achieving his desired end.This book's objective is to explore the different techniques employed by Girish Karnad in his plays. The chapters explain a technique put into practise by the multifaceted personality Karnad. The techniques taken for study are myths Myths Legends and Folk Tales Bhagavata and Chorus Masks Costumes and Characterisation Words and Movement Symbolism Imagery and Irony Prologue Play-within-play Epilogue.