Marathi Theatre
is theatre in the Marathi language, mostly originating or based in the state Maharashtra in India, and elsewhere
with Marathi diaspora. Starting in
the middle of the 19th century, it flourished in the 1950s and 1960s, and
includes forms like Sangeet Natak (Musical drama) and Tamasha (folk dance).
Today, it continues to have a marked presence in the State of Maharashtra with a loyal audience base,
when most theatre in other parts of India
have had tough time facing the onslaught of cinema and television. Its
repertoire ranges from humorous social plays, farces, historical plays,
musical, to experimental plays and serious drama of the 1970s onwards, by Vijay Tendulkar, P. L. Deshpande, Mahesh
Elkunchwar and Satish Alekar,
which have influenced theatre throughout India.
In fact in the post-independence era, besides Bengali theatre, Marathi
theatre has been a singular driving force behind innovations and
significant dramaturgy in Indian theatre.
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