"Shavian alphabet The Shavian alphabet (also known as the Shaw alphabet) is an alphabet conceived as a way to provide simple, phonetic orthography for the English language to replace the difficulties of conventional spelling. It was posthumously funded by and named after Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. Shaw set three main criteria for the new alphabet: it should be (1) at least 40 letters; (2) as ""phonetic"" as possible (that is, letters should have a to phonemes); and (3) distinct from the Latin alphabet to avoid the impression that the new spellings were simply ""misspellings"". The Shavian alphabet consists of"
"Kāvya Kāvya (Sanskrit: काव्य, IAST: ""kāvyá"") refers to the Sanskrit literary style used by Indian court poets flourishing from the first half of the seventh century AD. This literary style is characterised by abundant usage of figures of speech, metaphors, similes, and hyperbole to create its emotional effects. The result is a short lyrical work, court epic, narrative or dramatic work. ""Kavya"" can refer to the style or the completed body of literature. Asvaghosa (c. 80-150 AD), a philosopher and poet considered the father of Sanskrit drama, is attributed with first using the word. Jatasimhanandi, a Jain monk from Karnataka,"
"Siyavush (play) Siyavush is a legendary-historic play, a tragedy in five acts written by Huseyn Javid, an Azerbaijani poet and playwright in 1932-1933. It is based on motifs of an ancient story from “Shahnameh” poem by Ferdowsi, to the 1000th anniversary of the poet. In 1934, the play was published and then staged by Ismayil Hidayetzade. The play is about a destiny of young Siyavush, who lapses into philosophic thoughts about assignment of a human being, happiness and meaning of the life. Siyavush has been brought up on heroic traditions of the nation. He follows a “Be fair” behest and"
"Siwan (play) Siwan is a play written in the Welsh language by Saunders Lewis, first produced in 1956. The first English language translation of the play (sometimes known by the alternative title The King of England’s Daughter) appeared in 1960. The play is based on historical events and centres on Joan, Lady of Wales, the illegitimate daughter of King John of England and her marriage to Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (also known as Llywelyn Fawr or Llywelyn the Great). It is set at the royal home at Abergwyngregyn, on the north coast of Gwynedd at Easter in 1230. In the play"
"stands up for the interest of nation. Siyavush perishes without finding the truth and fairness both in Iran and Turan and he understands that the truth is only in the struggle against despotism. Siyavush (play) Siyavush is a legendary-historic play, a tragedy in five acts written by Huseyn Javid, an Azerbaijani poet and playwright in 1932-1933. It is based on motifs of an ancient story from “Shahnameh” poem by Ferdowsi, to the 1000th anniversary of the poet. In 1934, the play was published and then staged by Ismayil Hidayetzade. The play is about a destiny of young Siyavush, who lapses"
"Sapnaa.He has directed more than 40 full length productions in English as well as Hindi. Saurabh Srivastava is another versatile theatre worker who has been active in different parts of country since 1980, acting and directing in plays in Allahabad, Varanasi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Delhi, Vadodara, Hyderabad, Jodhpur and Jaipur. Working with Campus Theatre, Creative Arts, Apurva Society etc., Saurabh Srivastava has directed more than two dozen Hindi plays and presented hundreds of shows in different cities. Literary interpretation, mature insight, penetrating vision and an ability to successfully communicate the essence to the audience are some of the strengths of Saurabh's"
"Sergei Chavain Sergei Chavain, also spelled Čavajn (Mari: Сергей Чавайн, pronounced ; 6 October 1888, Maly Karamas – 11 November 1937) was a Mari poet and playwright, born Sergei Grigorievich Grigoriev (). In 1905 he wrote the first literary poem in the Mari language, ""Oto"" (Ото – The Grove). In 1908 he graduated from Kazan Teachers' Seminary. His first play was ""The Wild Duck"" in 1912, a satire of Tsarist bureaucrats. After the October Revolution, Chavain wrote several plays for the first Mari mobile theatre, such as ""The Autonomy"" (1920) and ""The Sun Rises, the Storm-clouds Disappear"" (1921), inspired by"
"Svapnavasavadattam Svapnavasavadattam (, ) (English: The dream of Vasavadatta) is a Sanskrit play in six acts written by the ancient Indian poet Bhasa. It is probably the best known of Bhāsa's works. <br> The plot of the drama is drawn from the romantic narratives about the Vatsa king Udayana and Vasavadatta, the daughter of Pradyota, the ruler of Avanti, which were current in the poet's time and which seem to have captivated popular imagination. The main theme of the drama is the sorrow of Udayana for his queen Vasavadatta, believed by him to have perished in a fire, which was"
"by Saish Deshpande.A separate Poorvarang was also designed by Dr.Sharmila Rao. Bhāsa Bhāsa is one of the earliest and most celebrated Indian playwrights in Sanskrit, predating Kalidasa. The plays of Bhāsa had been lost for centuries, until the manuscripts were rediscovered in the early 20th century. He was known only from the mentions in other works like the text ""Kavyamimamsa"" on poetics written during 880–920 AD. In the Kavyamimamsa, Rajashekhara attributes the play ""Svapnavasavadattam"" to Bhāsa. Kālidāsa wrote in the introduction to his first play ""Malavikagnimitram"": ""Shall we neglect the works of such illustrious authors as Bhāsa, Saumilla, and Kaviputra?"
"Shivaji Sawant Shivaji Sawant (; 31 August 1940 – 18 September 2002) was a renowned novelist in Marathi. He is known as Mrityunjaykaar (meaning Maker of Mrityunjay) for writing the famous Marathi novel Mrityunjay. He was the first Marathi writer to be awarded with prestigious Moortidevi Award in 1994. He wrote a book ""Mrityunjay"" (English: ""Triumph Over Death"") based on Karna, one of the leading characters of the epic Mahabharat. This book was translated into Hindi (1974), English (1989), Kannada (1990), Gujarati (1991), Malayalam (1995) and received numerous awards and accolades. In 1980 he wrote a book ""Chhava"" based on"
"Sheikh Sanan Sheikh Sanan (), is a verse play, tragedy in five acts, written by an Azerbaijani poet and playwright Huseyn Javid about love of a Muslim sheikh - Sanan to a Georgian-Christian girl Khumar. It is based on an old story first made famous by the Persian poet Attar Neyshapuri in The Conference of the Birds. As it was noted, a romantic riot against the anti-humanistic reality of religion is expressed in images of the main heroes of the play – Sanan and Khumar. Sanan, being a true believer Muslim and a notable scientist, dissuades from Islam and rejects"
"Vahram Papazian Vahram Papazian or Papazyan (, January 6, 1888 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire – June 5, 1968 in Yerevan, Armenia), PAU, was a Soviet actor who was an ethnic Armenian, mostly known for his Shakespearean roles. Vahram had done plays in Constantinople, Tiflis, Baku Armenian theaters, Moscow's Maly Theatre and in France, Italy, Austria, Spain, and Belgium. Papazian began his career in 1908, where he was regarded as one of the best Armenian actors at the time. Before his death he was known as the leading star in the Sundukyan Academic Theatre. The ""Council of National Literature's"" wrote that"
"in Welsh theatres and on Welsh-language radio and television. Siwan (play) Siwan is a play written in the Welsh language by Saunders Lewis, first produced in 1956. The first English language translation of the play (sometimes known by the alternative title The King of England’s Daughter) appeared in 1960. The play is based on historical events and centres on Joan, Lady of Wales, the illegitimate daughter of King John of England and her marriage to Llywelyn ab Iorwerth (also known as Llywelyn Fawr or Llywelyn the Great). It is set at the royal home at Abergwyngregyn, on the north coast"
"Saravanan (actor) Saravanan is an Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. He was the leading the actor from 1991 to 1998. Saravanan was born into a Tamil family in Salem and was the second of five children. His father was an Inspector of police and his mother was a staff nurse. Saravanan obtained Bachelor of Arts in Tamil Literature from the Government Arts College of Salem. He is a poet and has written many kavithai-small poems. He then moved to Chennai and completed a course in acting at the Adyar Film Institute.He got Married to SuryaShanthi"
"and named the Sundukian Theatre, in his honor, His other major works include Embarrassment, Sneezing at Night is a Good Omen, The Husbands, Love and Freedom. Derenik Demirchian (1877–1956) and Alexander Shirvanzade (1858–1935) were playwrights who were already famous before the Communist take-over of Armenia. They stayed in Armenia and continued their creative work there for the rest of their lives. Demirchyan, a contemporary of Levon Shant, was a prolific novelist, poet and playwright. His most popular play, Nazar the Brave (Kaj Nazar, 1923), satirizes bourgeois morality and has been adapted very successfully to film. Alexander Shirvanzade, like his counterparts,"
"Plays and Verse Plays. Now the Marathi Theater was on its un-interrupted march. Vishnudas Bhave Vishnudas Bhave (Marathi: विष्णुदास भावे) (d. 9 August 1901) Born in Sangli and was the leading dramatist of Maharashtra in India and the pioneer of Marathi theatre, as he staged the first Marathi-language play Sita Swayamvar in Sangli 1843. In this venture, Vishnudas Bhave was fully supported by Rajasaheb Chintamanrao Patwardhan. After the success of the play Sita Swayamvar Vishnudas Bhave staged plays on episodes of the Ramayana. He traveled a lot with his troupes for the plays. He also ventured into puppet shows. Vishnudas"
"to the 380th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare on April 1944. After a long break for several years, the theater started to work in Yerevan again in 1967. The plays such as, ""Sevil"" by J. Jabbarly, ""Namus"" by A. Shirvanzade, ""Farhad and Shirin"" by S. Vurgun, ""Flame"" by A. Erevanly and A. Suleymanov were included in repertoire of theater. In March 1928 Yerevan Turkish theater was established under the leadership of Yunis Nuri. The theater functioned in the Armenian SSR, remaining the only Azerbaijani theater in Armenia. In the 1930s, the theater was called the ""Azerbaijan state theater"
"2008. Products: Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGguzwzjROg Satish Alekar Satish Vasant Alekar (born 30 January 1949) is a Marathi playwright, actor, and theatre director. A founder member of the Theatre Academy of Pune, and most known for his plays ""Mahanirvan"" (1974), ""Mahapoor"" (1975), ""Atirekee"" (1990), ""Pidhijat"" (2003), ""Mickey ani Memsahib"" (1973), and ""Begum Barve"" (1979), all of which he also directed for the Academy. Today, along with Mahesh Elkunchwar and Vijay Tendulkar he is one of the most influential and progressive playwrights not just in modern Marathi theatre, but also larger modern Indian theatre. He has also remained the head of Centre for"
"Gyan"" in the play which was his first as well as lead role. Praween earned praise from the viewers from his very first play. He worked with Sunil Pokharel, his teacher in many plays after ""Agni ko Katha"". He has been active in Drama direction in the recent days. ""Hedda Gabler"", ""U kasko"" ,""Sarjamin"" ,""yek boli yek dam "",""mahadev ko baji"",""lakhan patwari""e.t.c are the plays he directed. Praween Khatiwada Praveen Khatiwada (Nepali प्रवीण खतिवडा ) is a Nepalese actor, director, and play writer. Born in Letang, Morang, Praween rose to prominence from the television series ""Singha Durbar"". His first leading"
"Ahwan Sebastian Ahwan Sebastian ( - 2 March 2011) was a playwright, director, music director and actor in Malayalam. Within a career of more than five decades, he has directed six stage plays, and has given music to more than twenty plays and two films (""Love Marriage"" and ""Karutha Pennu""). He has also scripted and directed a film ""Kalopasana"" (1981). He is best known as the writer and director of the stage play ""Devasutram"" which ran in Kerala theatres for many years. Other notable scripts include ""Upasana"", ""Brahmasuran"", ""Chooshakamanthram"" and ""Anaswaramanthram"". His last play, ""Kabandhangal"", was released in 1984. He"
"William de Braose, a young Marcher Lord, is discovered with Siwan in Llywelyn's bedchamber. De Braose is hanged for adultery. In Saunders Lewis' earlier work including the play ""Blodeuwedd"" (1948), he had been increasingly using the themes and characters of Welsh myths and historical events as the inspiration for his work. He continued the use of medieval romantic themes in Siwan which also deals with adultery, but in contrast to Blodeuwedd also involves the themes of reconciliation, forgiveness, and marital harmony. ""Siwan"" together with ""Blodeuwedd (play)"" are considered as the ""canonical examples of Welsh language drama"" and are regularly performed"
"Satish Alekar Satish Vasant Alekar (born 30 January 1949) is a Marathi playwright, actor, and theatre director. A founder member of the Theatre Academy of Pune, and most known for his plays ""Mahanirvan"" (1974), ""Mahapoor"" (1975), ""Atirekee"" (1990), ""Pidhijat"" (2003), ""Mickey ani Memsahib"" (1973), and ""Begum Barve"" (1979), all of which he also directed for the Academy. Today, along with Mahesh Elkunchwar and Vijay Tendulkar he is one of the most influential and progressive playwrights not just in modern Marathi theatre, but also larger modern Indian theatre. He has also remained the head of Centre for Performing Arts, University of"
"Balwant Moreshwar Purandare Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (born 29 July 1922) Pune), popularly known as Babasaheb Purandare, was born on Nag Panchami, is a writer and theatre personality from Maharashtra, India. His works are mostly based on the events related to the life of Shivaji, the 17th-century founder of the Maratha Empire; as a result he is termed as ""Shiv-Shahir"" (""Shivaji's bard""). He is mostly known for his popular play on Shivaji, ""Jaanta Raja"" which was popular not only in Maharashtra but also in Andhra Pradesh and Goa. Purandare has also studied the history of the Peshwas of Pune. He is"
"the new age of playwrights who are trying to fill the vacuum of good original Hindi plays which is being felt by theatre practitioners in India for quite some time. Having an experience of over 12 years in theatre at various levels, his relation with the art form dates back to 2001. His plays Chakravyuh, Raavan Ki Ramayan, Draupadi, Dad's Girlfriend and Wo Lahore are some of his promising contributions to original play-writing in India. He has also come up with some remarkable adaptations of classic Indian and foreign literature in the form of Kahani Teri Meri, Kaali Shalwar and"
"Vishnudas Bhave Vishnudas Bhave (Marathi: विष्णुदास भावे) (d. 9 August 1901) Born in Sangli and was the leading dramatist of Maharashtra in India and the pioneer of Marathi theatre, as he staged the first Marathi-language play Sita Swayamvar in Sangli 1843. In this venture, Vishnudas Bhave was fully supported by Rajasaheb Chintamanrao Patwardhan. After the success of the play Sita Swayamvar Vishnudas Bhave staged plays on episodes of the Ramayana. He traveled a lot with his troupes for the plays. He also ventured into puppet shows. Vishnudas Bhave died on 9 August 1901. In Maharashtra the theatrical activity began in"
"the best and most famous Novel of Marathi language and it is awarded with many of the prizes and awards given by the Sahitya Academy. Sawant was married to Mrinalini. He has a son Amitabh and daughter Kadambini. On 18 September 2002, Sawant died at the age of 62 of cardiac arrest in Goa. He was campaigning for the post of President of 76th All India Marathi Literary Conference. Shivaji Sawant Shivaji Sawant (; 31 August 1940 – 18 September 2002) was a renowned novelist in Marathi. He is known as Mrityunjaykaar (meaning Maker of Mrityunjay) for writing the famous"
"Kavalam Narayana Panicker Kavalam Narayana Panicker (28 April 1928 – 26 June 2016) was an Indian dramatist, theatre director, and poet. He has written over 26 Malayalam plays, many adapted from classical Sanskrit drama and Shakespeare, notably ""Madhyamavyayogam"" (1979), Kalidasa's ""Vikramorvasiyam"" (1981, 1996), ""Shakuntalam"" (1982), ""Karnabharam"" (1984, 2001), Bhasa's ""Uru Bhangam"" (1988), ""Swapnavasavadattam"", and ""Dootavakyam"" (1996). He is the founder director of theatre troupe, Sopanam, which led to the foundation of Bhashabharati: Centre for Performing Arts, Training and Research, in Trivandrum. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Direction in 1983 by Sangeet Natak Akademi, and its highest"
"Bhāsa Bhāsa is one of the earliest and most celebrated Indian playwrights in Sanskrit, predating Kalidasa. The plays of Bhāsa had been lost for centuries, until the manuscripts were rediscovered in the early 20th century. He was known only from the mentions in other works like the text ""Kavyamimamsa"" on poetics written during 880–920 AD. In the Kavyamimamsa, Rajashekhara attributes the play ""Svapnavasavadattam"" to Bhāsa. Kālidāsa wrote in the introduction to his first play ""Malavikagnimitram"": ""Shall we neglect the works of such illustrious authors as Bhāsa, Saumilla, and Kaviputra? Can the audience feel any respect for the work of a"
"Vahagn Davtyan Vahagn Davtyan () (August 15, 1922, Arabkir, Turkey - February 21, 1996, Yerevan) was an Armenian poet, translator, publicist and public activist. He was born in the town of Arapgir in Turkey. Davtyan was a Renowned activist of culture (1971) and a Corresponding Member of Armenian National Academy (1986). He was also an editor (""Grakan tert"", ""Hayreniki dzayn"", ""Veradznvadz Hayastan""). From 1990 to 1994 he was the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Armenia. He translated the works of Alexander Pushkin, Sergei Yesenin, Sándor Petőfi, Alexander Blok, etc. The main theme of his works were fatherland, human, his"
"of columns about ""straight rights"" concerns, such as the HPV vaccine and the morning-after pill. In his November 9, 2005, column he wrote that ""[t]he right-wingers and the fundies and the sex-phobes don't just have it in for the queers. They're coming for your asses too."" As a theater director, Savage (under the name Keenan Hollohan, combining his middle name and his paternal grandmother's maiden name) was a founder of Seattle's Greek Active Theater. Much of the group's work were queer interpretations of classic works, such as a tragicomic ""Macbeth"" with both the title character and Lady Macbeth played by"
"established his own professional drama group called ""Musical Theatres"" in 1958. He died on 2 March 2011 in Kozhikode at the age of 77. Ahwan Sebastian Ahwan Sebastian ( - 2 March 2011) was a playwright, director, music director and actor in Malayalam. Within a career of more than five decades, he has directed six stage plays, and has given music to more than twenty plays and two films (""Love Marriage"" and ""Karutha Pennu""). He has also scripted and directed a film ""Kalopasana"" (1981). He is best known as the writer and director of the stage play ""Devasutram"" which ran"
"and theatre persons, while discussing and analysing his plays, have taken pains to explore at length the different features of his plays from 'Kahe Kabir' to 'Abhang-Gatha' and from 'Mr Jinnah' to 'Malik Amber'. Togetherness of word and theatre has been a central characteristic of his plays. He has also edited works of Saadat Hassan Manto. Honoured by Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan-Sahitya Bhusan Samman and Sahityakar Samman by Hindi Academy,Delhi. He is a literary trend-setter of two movements in Hindi Poetry called 'Vichar Kavita' and 'Lambi Kavita'. He has published seven collections of poems, six plays, ten books of literary"
"directed by Dr. Shakuntala Shukla and Vyomkesh Shukla. This play is produced by the banner of ""Roopvani, Varanasi"". Kamayani Kamayani (Hindi:कामायनी) (1936) is a Hindi epic poem (Mahakavya) by Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937). It is considered one of the greatest literary works written in modern times in Hindi literature. It also signifies the epitome of Chhayavadi school of Hindi poetry which gained popularity in late 19th and early 20th centuries. Kamayani depicts the interplay of human emotions, thoughts, and actions by taking mythological metaphors. Kamayani has personalities like Manu, Ida and Śraddhā who are found in the Vedas. The great deluge"