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Collection Ref: EAP261/1/1

The series comprises mythological drama, with some overlap with the jatra in content and technique but more reliant on dialogue and psychological…

Collection Ref: EAP261/1/2

The term ‘jatra’, which basically means a journey, is applied to the traditional indigenous drama of Bengal, which originated about 1,000 years ago…

Collection Ref: EAP261/1/3

It contains 3 volumes of Manuscript song books.

Collection Ref: EAP261/1/4

The series includes recorded songs. The items in the present collection are of various origin and content: some collect the songs brought out by a…

Collection Ref: EAP261/1/5

The series comprises some volumes that are entirely drawn from the theatre, others exist as songs alone. There are compilations drawn from various…

Collection Ref: EAP261/1/6

The collection of journals falls into three major groups: 1. those devoted to songs and music generally, including theatrical songs and other…

Collection Ref: EAP261/1/7

Small group of miscellaneous titles. It includes a two-volume autobiography of Ahindra Chaudhuri, an eminent theatre person, a collection of…

Collection Ref: EAP261/1/8

Collected works, or extensive selections, of major dramatists both in the indigenous jatra style and the ‘formal’ Western-style line across the…

Archival records from Digital archive of early Bengali drama (EAP261-1)