Grounds for play : the Nauṭaṅkī theatre of North India - Hansen, Kathryn (Berkeley : University of California Press, 1992)
The name of the Nauṭaṅkī -- Situating an intermediary theatre -- The landscape of premodern performance -- Authors, Akhāṛās, and texts -- Kings, warriors, and bandits -- Paradigms of pure love -- Women's lives and deaths -- Melody, meter, and the musical medium -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-350) and index.
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Keywords: Nautanki; Folk drama, Hindi -- History and criticism; Theater -- India; Theater; Théâtre populaire hindi -- Histoire et critique; Théâtre -- Inde; Nautanki -- Inde; Nautankī.; Théâtre.; theater (discipline); PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism; Folk drama, Hindi; Nautanki; Theater; India; Muziek; Muziektheater; India; Criticism, interpretation, etc