Grounds for play: the Nauṭaṅkī theatre of North India

Kathryn Hansen

Kathryn Hansen

2014, c1991

Series

ACLS Fellows’ Publications

ISBN(s)

520072731

Subject

Asian: South and Southeast

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Portrait of Gulab Bai, Nauṭaṅkī actress of Kanpur. By permission of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

Fig. 2. Portrait of Gulab Bai, Nauṭaṅkī actress of Kanpur. By permission of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

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Title page of Sāṅgīt rānī nauṭaṅkī kā by Khushi Ram (Banaras, 1882). By permission of the British Library.

Fig. 3. Title page of Sāṅgīt rānī nauṭaṅkī kā by Khushi Ram (Banaras, 1882). By permission of the British Library.

Title page of Sāṅgīt rānī nauṭaṅkī kā by Khushi Ram (Banaras, 1882). By permission of the British Library.

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Title page of Sāṅgīt Nauṭaṅkī featuring portrait of the author, Chiranjilal (Mathura, 1922). By permission of the British Library.

Fig. 4. Title page of Sāṅgīt Nauṭaṅkī featuring portrait of the author, Chiranjilal (Mathura, 1922). By permission of the British Library.

Title page of Sāṅgīt Nauṭaṅkī featuring portrait of the author, Chiranjilal (Mathura, 1922). By permission of the British Library.

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original verses

Dancing girl performing in Sultānā ḍākū. By permission of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

Fig. 5. Dancing girl performing in Sultānā ḍākū. By permission of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

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Title page of Prahlād sāṅgīt by Lakshman Singh (Delhi, 1866). By permission of the British Library.

Fig. 6. Title page of Prahlād sāṅgīt by Lakshman Singh (Delhi, 1866). By permission of the British Library.

Title page of Prahlād sāṅgīt by Lakshman Singh (Delhi, 1866). By permission of the British Library.

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Reviews

Journal Abbreviation

Label

URL

ETMU

39.2 (Spring - Summer 1995): 282-285

http://www.jstor.org/stable/924432

JAS

52.1 (Feb. 1993): 185-186

http://www.jstor.org/stable/2059197

AFS

54.1 (1995): 162-163

http://www.jstor.org/stable/1178242

ATJ

10.2 (Autumn 1993): 221-225

http://www.jstor.org/stable/1124184

ASM

25.1/2 (1993-1994): 247-252

http://www.jstor.org/stable/834208

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Fig. 1.

audio recording

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Portrait of Gulab Bai, Nauṭaṅkī actress of Kanpur. By permission of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

audio recording

selections

Title page of Sāṅgīt rānī nauṭaṅkī kā by Khushi Ram (Banaras, 1882). By permission of the British Library.

Title page of Sāṅgīt rānī nauṭaṅkī kā by Khushi Ram (Banaras, 1882). By permission of the British Library.

here

selection

Title page of Sāṅgīt Nauṭaṅkī featuring portrait of the author, Chiranjilal (Mathura, 1922). By permission of the British Library.

Title page of Sāṅgīt Nauṭaṅkī featuring portrait of the author, Chiranjilal (Mathura, 1922). By permission of the British Library.

here

original verses

Dancing girl performing in Sultānā ḍākū. By permission of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

here

selection

Title page of Prahlād sāṅgīt by Lakshman Singh (Delhi, 1866). By permission of the British Library.

Title page of Prahlād sāṅgīt by Lakshman Singh (Delhi, 1866). By permission of the British Library.

here

Grounds for play: the Nauṭaṅkī theatre of North India

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