The book surveys the growth of Bengali theatre from its beginnings a hundred and fifty years ago to the present day. In tracing the development it describes the influences the Bengali theatre has been subject to and the mileu in which it was born and has grown to its present proportions. Persons and personalities, playhouses and playwrights, actors and directors are some of the subjects dealt with.
(About The Author)
Kironmoy Raha has been a habitual playgoer and observer of Bengali theatre for over four decades. Author of the Book Bengali Cinema he writes for many periodicals and newspapers mainly on the theatre and the cinema. He has traslated a few plays from bengali into english including one by badal sircar.