“He speaks directly to the common man,” says Sathe, himself an experimental playwright. The clown, funny and intelligent as tradition demands, is the speaker. Blocking out the world that so confuses them with its globalisation, virtual realities and fractured identities, and armed with the blessings of an ancient, restless deity named Vetal and a bottle of liquor, they resuscitate storytellers and ghosts of prosceniums past. The two men, lost and adrift in an increasingly complex time, are desperate for an audience. This is the premise of Makarand Sathe’s A Socio-Political History of Marathi Theatre: Thirty Nights. On a deserted hilltop in Pune, a clown and a playwright make a pact to spend 30 days and nights discussing the tale of their beloved Marathi theatre. The dread departure = Mahanirvan / Satish Alekar translated from the Marathi by Gauri Deshpande.A book about the evolution of Marathi theatre, written by Makarand Sathe, explores the roots of an art form that became an integral element in the cultural map of Mumbai. Old stone mansion = Wada chirebandi / Mahesh Elkunchwar translated from the Marathi by Kamal Sanyal. 1990 (DK-65799 ( PBK ) )Īutobiography = Atmakatha / Mahesh Elkunchwar translated from the Marathi by Pratima Kulkarni. Deshpande translated from the Marathi by Shanta Gokhale. 1994 (DK-89793 ( PBK ) )Ī man in dark times = Uddhwasta dharmashala / G.P. Deshpande translated from the original Marathi by Arundhati Deosthale. Mr Sapatnekar's child & Four billion forgetfuls / Makarand Sathe translated from the original Marathi by Jayant Deshpande. Deshpande translated from the original Marathi by Maya Pandit. 1998 (DK-132467 ( PBK ) )Ī girl is born! an English translation of the Marathi play Mulgi zali ho / Jyoti Mhapsekar translation, Shubha Khandekar. 2003 (DK-140814 ( PBK ) )Ĭollected plays in translation / Vijay Tendulkar introduction by Samik Bandyopadhyay. 2004 (DK-148242 ( PBK ) )īegum Barve / Satish Alekar translated from the Marathi by Shanta Gokhale. The wada trilogy / Mahesh Elkunchwar translated from the original Marathi by Shanta Gokhale with an introduction by Samik Bandyopadhyay. 2005 (DK-169885 ( PBK ) )Ĭity plays / with an introduction by Mahesh Dattani. Kirwant / Premanand Gajvee translated and introduced by M.D. Ghasiram Kotwal / Vijay Tendulkar introduction and notes by Nandana Datta.

Ghashiram kotwal / Vijay Tendulkar translated from the original Marathi by Jayant Karve and Eleanor Zelliot.

The strength of our wrists three plays / Premanand Gajvee translated by Shanta Gokhale and M.D. Jagadamba the Kasturba story / Ramdas Bhatkal translated by Yashodhara Deshpande Maitra.

The man who saw the sun and other plays / Makarand Sathe.

Marathi drama books