Rashna Darius Nicholson, The Colonial Public and the Parsi Stage: The Making of the Theatre of Empire (1853–1893)

Abstract

The Colonial Public and the Parsi Stage provides a rich, detailed, and contextual history of Parsi theatre, a major South Asian cultural phenomenon, through a meticulous examination of rare archives. Relocating imperial history in the colonies, the book convincingly analyses Parsi theatre in relation to the vernacular public sphere.