Ratan Thiyam
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Ratan Thiyam is an Indian playwright and theatre director, and the winner of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987.
Also once known as Thiyam Nemai, Ratan Thiyam is known for writing and staging plays that use ancient Indian theater traditions and forms in a contemporary context. [1]
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[edit] Biography
Ratan Thiyam graduated from National School of Drama, New Delhi in 1974, [2] and went on to set up a theatre group called Chorus Repertory Theatre [3] in Imphal, Manipur. He was also briefly the director of National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi (1987-88).
[edit] The Plays of Ratan Thiyam
His works profess a deep concern for social welfare and spiritual yearnings in the midst of the political chaos in the modern world.
His plays infuse rationalised and multifaceted analysis of myriad perspectives. Using ingenius theatrical stagecraft, his plays are tinged with literary beauty and meaning. Most of Ratan Thiyamâs plays are thematically Indianised and are profound plays with universal appeal.
His works are strongly influenced by Natya Sastra, an Indian theater style propounded by Bharata during the second century B.C., as also ancient Greek drama, and the Noh theatre of Japan.
His approach to theatre has been shaped by years of study under the tutelage of several major exponents of the traditional Manipuri performing arts.
His major plays include Ritusamharam: The work seeks solace and sanity amidst chaos and violence of today's world.[4]
[edit] List of Plays
- Chakravyuha
- Uttarpriyadarshi (The Final Beatitude)[5]
- Chinglon Mapan Tampak Ama (Nine Hills One Valley) [6]
- Ritusamharam [7]
- Andha Yug (The Blind Age) [8]
- Wahoudok (Prologue) [9]
[edit] Awards
- 1984: Indo-Greek Friendship Award, 1984(Greece)
- 1987 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
- 1987:Fringe Firsts Award, from Edinburgh International Theatre Festival [1]
- 1990: Diploma of Cervantino International Theatre Festival, (Mexico)
- 2001: Padma Shri [10]
[edit] References
- ^ Thiyam Nemai
- ^ NSD Graduates
- ^ chorusimphal
- ^ Profile at manipuronline
- ^ Uttarpriyadarshi at Ballet.co
- ^ Asia society
- ^ The Hindu, 30 January, 2005
- ^ Ratan Thiyam at Fordham University
- ^ [theater utsav 2008, national school of drama, new delhi , india.]
- ^ which he returned in July, 2001
