THE CYCLIST and HIS FIFTH WOMAN
Two Plays by Vijay Tendulkar
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9780195676402
Publication date:
16/12/2005
Paperback
96 pages
216x140mm
Price: 225.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780195676402
Publication date:
16/12/2005
Paperback
96 pages
Vijay Tendulkar, Balwant Bhaneja
These two plays by the legendary Vijay Tendulkar, are a critique of Indian society and the reality surrounding the playwright. His Fifth Woman brings to play the injustices and inequalities suffered by women in the husband-wife relationship.Intended to be his last play, The Cyclist is different from Tendulkar's large body of work.
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Vijay Tendulkar, Balwant Bhaneja
Description
These two plays by the legendary Vijay Tendulkar, are a critique of Indian society and the reality surrounding the playwright. His Fifth Woman brings to play the injustices and inequalities suffered by women in the husband-wife relationship.Intended to be his last play, The Cyclist is different from Tendulkar's large body of work. It is a skillfully crafted uninterrupted single piece about adventure of life told through a cyclist's journey. As an experimental playwright, Tendulkar's every play, in its form and structure, is different from the previous one. This complex theme he takes head on, and tackles with a simple form and language - an episodic structure and naturalistic mot naif dialogue. Life's complexity can perhaps be best understood when told in simple terms. In this, Tendulkar joins other great journey writers: Homer (The Odyssey), Voltaire (Candide), Ibsen (Peer Gynt), and Becket (Waiting for Godot). Tendulkar has described his plays to be about reality surrounding him: I write to let my concerns vis a vis my reality - the human conditions as I perceive it .
About the Authors
Vijay Tendulkar has been in the vanguard of Indian theatre for almost 40 years. This play, translated from the original Marathi, is one of his most gripping, socially relevant ones.with an introduction by Samik Bandyopadhyay
Vijay Tendulkar, Balwant Bhaneja
Table of contents
Introduction
The Cyclist
His Fifth Woman.
Vijay Tendulkar, Balwant Bhaneja
Review
?Tendulkar's contribution to literature and theatre is outstanding. His works are widely acclaimed by critics ? He set new trends in Marathi theatre ? [and writes] according to his own convictions. He is a thinker, aggressive in his approach, but a soft-spoken person.?
?Suresh Khare, Indian Express
?Mr Tendulkar never judges his protagonist but concentrates instead on painting him with unsettling compassion, perceptiveness and thoroughness.?
?Jonathan Kalb, New York Times
?Tendulkar can be called a complete playwright, in the tradition of Shakespeare. There is a total experience of life and he holds up a reflection of society without offering any pat resolutions.?
?Deccan Herald
?Tendulkar is a gripping story-teller ? a genius ? Reading his plays leaves one spell-bound and shell-shocked.?
?Tom Alter, Independent
?Brilliant rebels ? soon become the yardstick by which others come to be measured. So too with Vijay Tendulkar [who] remains the foremost chronicler as well as critic of his times.?
?Business Standard
?Tendulkar's iconic status as the playwright who shattered barriers of conservatism in Marathi theatre and triggered a cascade of outrage needs no reiteration.?
?Times of India
Vijay Tendulkar, Balwant Bhaneja
Description
These two plays by the legendary Vijay Tendulkar, are a critique of Indian society and the reality surrounding the playwright. His Fifth Woman brings to play the injustices and inequalities suffered by women in the husband-wife relationship.Intended to be his last play, The Cyclist is different from Tendulkar's large body of work. It is a skillfully crafted uninterrupted single piece about adventure of life told through a cyclist's journey. As an experimental playwright, Tendulkar's every play, in its form and structure, is different from the previous one. This complex theme he takes head on, and tackles with a simple form and language - an episodic structure and naturalistic mot naif dialogue. Life's complexity can perhaps be best understood when told in simple terms. In this, Tendulkar joins other great journey writers: Homer (The Odyssey), Voltaire (Candide), Ibsen (Peer Gynt), and Becket (Waiting for Godot). Tendulkar has described his plays to be about reality surrounding him: I write to let my concerns vis a vis my reality - the human conditions as I perceive it .
About the Authors
Vijay Tendulkar has been in the vanguard of Indian theatre for almost 40 years. This play, translated from the original Marathi, is one of his most gripping, socially relevant ones.with an introduction by Samik Bandyopadhyay
Table of contents
Introduction
The Cyclist
His Fifth Woman.
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