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Kathakali Dance-Drama: Where Gods and Demons Come to Play »
Authors: Philli Zarrilli, Zarrilli Philli
ISBN-13: 9780415192828, ISBN-10: 041519282X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: December 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Philli Zarrilli
Book Synopsis
Kathakali Dance-Drama provides a comprehensive introduction to the distinctive and colourful dance-drama of Kerala in South-West India for the first time. This landmark volume:
• explores Kathakali's reception as it reaches new audiences both in India and the west
• includes two cases of controversial of Kathakali experiments
• explores the implications for Kathakali of Keralan politics During these performances heroes, heroines, gods and demons tell their stories of traditional Indian epics. The four Kathakali plays included in this anthology, translated from actual performances into English are:
• The Flower of Good Fortune
• The Killing of Kirmmira
• The Progeny of Krishna
• King Rugmamgada's Law
Each play has an introduction and detailed commentary and is illustrated by stunning photographs taken during performances. An introduction to Kathakali stage conventions, make-up, music, acting, and training is also provided, making this an ideal volume for both the specialist and non-specialist reader.
Table of Contents
| List of illustrations | ||
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| 1 | An 'Ocean of Possibilities' | 1 |
| pt. i | performance in the kerala context | |
| 2 | A Social History of Kathakali Patronage, Connoisseurship, and Aesthetics | 17 |
| 3 | Kathakali Texts in Performance | 39 |
| 4 | What Does it Mean 'To Become the Character'?: Kathakali Actor Training and Characterization | 65 |
| pt. ii | plays from the traditional repertory | |
| 5 | The Flower of Good Fortune (Kalyanasaugandhikam) Kottayam Tampuran | 101 |
| 6 | The Killing of Kirmira (Kirmiravadham) Kottayam Tampuran | 118 |
| 7 | The Progeny of Krishna (Santanagopalam) Mandavappalli Ittiraricha Menon | 135 |
| 8 | King Rugmamgada's Law (Rugmamgada caritam) Mandavappalli Ittiraricha Menon | 159 |
| pt. iii | contested narratives: new plays, discourses, and contexts | |
| 9 | For Whom is the King a King? Issues of Intercultural Production, Perception, and Reception in a Kathakali King Lear | 177 |
| 10 | When Marx met Imperialism on the Kathakali Stage | 196 |
| Afterword: Whose Gods, and Whose Demons Dance? | 206 | |
| App | Kathakali Performances on Video | 209 |
| Notes | 212 | |
| Bibliography and References Cited | 231 | |
| Glossary and Table of Transliteration | 242 | |
| Index | 253 |
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