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Ibsen, and later Brecht, crucially inflected the transformation of the Indian stage in the early twentieth century from its long heritage of mythological, historical and musical drama to a theatre of modernity as regards dramatic structure, contemporary milieus, social concerns and human rights issuesand of the two, Ibsen's legacy is arguably the more durable. For theatregoers in British India satiated with Shakespeare, he opened a window to European drama and initiated a new theatrical episteme by the s in western and southern India and the s in Bengal. Ibsen's cross-genre impact extended beyond theatre to fiction and film as well. Rabindranath Tagore's  short story 'Poyla Nombor' ('House No. ') is believed to contain the first direct reference to Ibsen in South Asian vernacular literature: his earlier story 'Street Patra' ('The Wife's Letter', ) recalls Nora in Mrinal's resistance, although Ibsen is not named here. Indian English novelist R.K. Narayan's The Dark Room () problematizes A Doll's House through the helplessness of the rebellious wife who has no resources to sustain herself after slamming the door. In cinema, perhaps the first Ibsen adaptation was

Author

Krishna Sen

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published

2021

Language

EN