The accentual dialogized heteroglossia of Shakespeare in India
Utpal Dutt’s legacy in Shakespeare Wallah and The Last Lear
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12370126 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A C Mendes (0000-0002-3596-0701, University of Lisbon, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 300-316 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Text and Performance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1046-2937 • E-ISSN: 1479-5760 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10462937.2022.2038794 |
| OpenAlex | W4213133584 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
This article focuses on a key figure of Shakespearean performance in pre- and post-independence India: the Bengali stage and film actor, director, playwright, and theater activist Utpal Dutt (1929–1993). I trace Dutt’s impact from his tours in the aftermath of independence with the Shakespeareana Company and his re-playing of Shakespeare in the Bengali Jatra tradition, through Rituparno Ghosh’s 2007 The Last Lear. This focus on Dutt’s influence is set against the backdrop of the politics of performing-adapting Shakespeare in Indian English accents, considering the accentual dialogized heteroglossia of Shakespearean performance in India after independence from British rule
Art · Bengali · Heteroglossia · Independence (probability theory · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Politics · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Philosophy · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |