Girish Karnad's Treatment of Indian Myths and History

The historiography of Indian drama is complex and multi-layered that reads and re-reads the study of the development, evolution, and analysis of theatrical traditions in India over the centuries. It involves the examination of various theatrical forms, their socio-cultural contexts, and the critical interpretations and scholarship surrounding Indian drama. But die boundaries between these categories and theatrical forms are not fixed for a writer like Girish Karnad. His experimental theatres often intersect and inform one another, contributing to the complexity and richness of literary traditions, creating a new worldview. This book re-examines how Karnad explored the classical, the folk and the modern drama without rummaging, with a critical inquiry of die one with the other.