The female impersonator in traditional Indian theatre
Author :Pani, Jiwan
Keywords :Female impersonators
Actor
Theatre
Issue Date :1977
Publisher :Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
Description :This article is about the female impersonator in different type of traditional Indian theatre. Female-impersonation is not limited to the young and beautiful alone. Demonesses like Tadaka and Putana. Old scheming women like Manthara and hunch-backs like Kabuja are also impersonated by male actors. Recently there has been an attempt, specially in Jatra and Nautanki, to replace the female-impersonator by actresses.
Source :Sangeet Natak Akademi
Type :Article
Received From :Sangeet Natak Akademi
DC Field
Value
dc.contributor.author
Pani, Jiwan
dc.date.accessioned
2017-06-19T08:15:18Z
dc.date.available
2017-06-19T08:15:18Z
dc.date.issued
1977
dc.description.abstract
This article is about the female impersonator in different type of traditional Indian theatre. Female-impersonation is not limited to the young and beautiful alone. Demonesses like Tadaka and Putana. Old scheming women like Manthara and hunch-backs like Kabuja are also impersonated by male actors. Recently there has been an attempt, specially in Jatra and Nautanki, to replace the female-impersonator by actresses.
Government of India
