Contents

pp v-vi

Illustrations

pp vii-viii

Preface

pp ix-xiv

Acknowledgments

pp xv-xviii

PART 1

pp 1-2

1 - Pioneers to Professionals: A Retrospective of the Parsi Theatre

pp 3-25

2 - Theatrical Memoirs and the Archives of Autobiography

pp 26-48

PART 2

pp 49-50

3 - Narayan Prasad Betab, The Deeds of Betab

pp 51-101

4 - Radheshyam Kathavachak, My Theatre Days

pp 102-169

5 - Jayshankar Sundari, Some Blossoms, Some Tears

pp 170-245

6 - Fida Husain, Fifty Years in the Parsi Theatre

pp 246-296

PART 3

pp 297-298

7 - Self and Subjectivity in Autobiographical Criticism

pp 299-314

8 - Voices and Silences: Reading the Texts

pp 315-335

Appendix 1 - Historical Personages and Institutions

pp 336-346

Appendix 2 - List of Plays and Films

pp 347-350

Glossary: Hindi and Urdu Terms

pp 351-354

Bibliography

pp 355-360

Index

pp 361-374