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Enter Stage Right - by Feisal Alkazi (Paperback)

Enter Stage Right - by  Feisal Alkazi (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Description</p><p>Bombay, 1943. The young Parsi actress who was playing Salome in the newly founded</p><p>Theatre Group's production of Oscar Wilde's eponymously titled play drew the line</p><p>at performing the Dance of the Seven Veils, a sort of 'Biblical striptease'. So director</p><p>Sultan Padamsee's 19-year-old sister Roshen stepped in. And met the handsome, </p><p>intense Arab who played the male lead-Ebrahim Alkazi. In 1946, they were</p><p>married.</p><p>Thus was forged one of the greatest alliances in the world of theatre and art in post-</p><p>Independence India. Ebrahim Alkazi took English theatre from its early beginnings in</p><p>Bombay to national and even international acclaim as he directed and acted in more</p><p>than a hundred plays, ranging from Oedipus Rex, Murder in the Cathedral and Macbeth in</p><p>the 1950s, to Ashadh Ka Ek Din, Andha Yug and Tughlaq in the '60s and '70s. As director</p><p>of the fabled National School of Drama from 1962 to 1977, he launched some of</p><p>the finest actors of our times, including Om Shivpuri, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, </p><p>Rohini Hattangadi, Manohar Singh and Uttara Baokar. Chief costume designer and</p><p>seamstress for all his productions was Roshen Alkazi.</p><p>In 1977, when Ebrahim and Roshen decided to open Art Heritage in Delhi, it gave a</p><p>new dimension to the world of art, as the leading artists of the day, including</p><p>M.F. Husain, Krishen Khanna, F.N. Souza, Tyeb Mehta, K.G. Subramanyam and</p><p>Laxma Goud, flocked to this space that was not just a 'commercial' gallery, but a</p><p>foundation for documenting and preserving the arts.</p><p>With more than 50 rare photographs, Enter Stage Right is the story of theatre in India</p><p>as it has never been told before...to be treasured by theatre buffs, and savoured by</p><p>anyone who loves a good story.</p><p><br></p><p><br>

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