[Reader-list] Marathi natyasangit

[urmila bhirdikar]

Hi Veena,
Thank you for your interest and inputs.
No, I am afraid, by undeclared sources i meant more of the
classical/thumri singers rather than lavni.
As to the celebraton of eroticism by writers like Potdar...  it is
interesting isn't it that they slip in the lavni as a sanskritik
entity? what do you think of M V Dhond's book Marhati Lavni? i found
his reading quite interesting methodwise, as he offers insight into 
the history of words as well.

i have the peter manuel ,and, yes, indeed the popularity of purab ang
is very noticeable in the known thumri here... i wonder when the
lucknow ang begin to gain ground.

and the last point about the revival of interest, the "revival" is in
terms of the audio cds... i meant the cassettes/cd market is getting
newer items. reissues of records, old programmes.... but as far as the
performance of the plays are concerned, i guess there wasnt any time
when the plays were not performed... oh yes some are newly being
revived... saubhadra (to be performed this week)  for example... but
there has been a small number of plays performed again and again...
swayamwar for example... so we will have to speak of both continuation
and revival...i think.... but i am deeply interested in knowing how
you are reading it.
 Also, how would one read the growing interest of the middle class (
for want of a better word) in sangit bari itself... what i mean is the
large number of shows in main auditoriums which are easily accessible
to an audience that was perhaps not willing to go to a tamasha
theatre....  and additionally the lavni itself, outside the sangit
bari, performed as baithakichi lavni.....
i really am a very poor tv watcher....with very little idea of the
circulation of these on tv/channels.
i do hope to read your ideas on these.
best
urmila