Barricade

By Utpal Dutt

A political play staging the Nazi takeover of Germany with an eye on India.

Although Utpal Dutt is acknowledged as a trailblazer of post-Independence Indian theater, English readers have not had access to the range and wealth of his drama. Barricade is a political play that stages the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933 with an eye on India. Today, the surge to power of far-right parties and fundamentalist fanaticism across the world means that the co-option of democracy and civil society that led to Nazi fascism can happen again--or indeed has already happened--granting Barricade its immediate urgency. Equipped with an introduction analyzing its historical context, this translation of Barricade is also a very rare product in dramatic literature, collating both the printed original as well as a documented performance of the production directed by Dutt.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803090510
• ISBN13: 9781803090511
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 8.5"