MAHESH DATTANI
| Nationality: | Indian |
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Plays by Mahesh Dattani
Bravely Fought The Queen |
| 1st Produced: | Sophia Bhabha Hall, Mumbai | 1991 | ||||
| Company: | Border Crossings | |||||
| 1st Published: | Border Crossings, London, 2003 | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 |
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| Synopsis: | Bangalore in the 1990s. Indias's silicone valley. Lalitha, Bright-eyed and bubbly, drops in on Dolly, the wife of her husband's employer. For Dolly, this is yet another source of irritation to set alongside her demanding, decrepit mother-in-law and her dangerous alcoholic sister. The two sisters are married to two brothers, both advertising executives. The epitome of the "Indian dream" - but their dark secrets start to emerge through a single night of vengence and recrimination. | |||||
Dance Like A Man |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1989 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Do The Needful |
| 1st Produced: | BBC | 1997 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Radio | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Final Solutions |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | Penguin, India, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Night Queen |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1996 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Short Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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On A Muggy Night in Mumbai |
| 1st Produced: | BBC | 1998 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Penguin, India, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Radio | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | Moving between the past and the present the story of Kamlesh a successful designer Prakash his lover. | |||||
Seven Circles Round The Fire |
| 1st Produced: | BBC | 1998 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Penguin, India, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | Radio | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | The daughter of the deputy commissioner of police for Bangalore investigates the Hijara (eunuch) community. | |||||
Tara |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1990 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Thirty days in September |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2001 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Where There's A Will |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1988 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
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