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Download or read book Three Plays written by Girish Karnad and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These plays represent three phases in the career of the dramatist Girish Karnad, all three are classics of the Indian stage. The first play, Tughlaq, is a historical play in the manner of nineteenth-century Parsee theater. The second, Hayavadana was one of the first modern Indian plays toemploy traditional theatrical techniques. In Naga-Mandala, the third play, Karnad turns to oral tales, usually narrated by women. This selected work of one of India's best known playwrights should attract the attention of students and scholars of comparative literature, or any reader interested inSouth Asian literature.