"We Don't Change It, We Make It Applicable": Ramlila In Trinidad
Abstract
Why did audiences for Ramlila, which recounts how Lord Ram rescued his wife from the ten-headed demon king, wane in Trinidad in the 1970s and '80s? English narration along with the traditional Hindi verses, topical improvisation, new methods of script development, and breaking old gender and caste restrictions have revived the genre and led to the founding of 10 new troupes between 1995 and 2005.
Repository Citation
Richman, Paula. 2010. "'We Don't Change It, We Make It Applicable': Ramlila In Trinidad." TDR-the Drama Review-a Journal Of Performance Studies 54(1): 76-105.
Publisher
MIT Press
Publication Date
Spring 1-1-2010
Publication Title
TDR-the Drama Review-a Journal Of Performance Studies
Department
Religion
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.1162/dram.2010.54.1.76
Keywords
Theater
Language
English
Format
text
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