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A Study of Western Influences on Indian English Playwrights and Themes

Dr. Neelam Hooda

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The playwright, as other people can't stay unaffected to the quakes of progress in the public arena. They witness the adjustment of society and intensely look for new devices to etch out their viewpoints. All major playwrights have been impacted by certain authors and developments whose dramatic craftsmanship mirrors their motivation. There were a few significant conventional effects on the Indian playwrights like the impressions of people craftsmanship, legends, Sanskrit drama, history as well as famous developments like the Bhakti development on Indian dramatists. Imperialism, patriotism, industrialism, urbanization and westernization got their separate responses in writing. European dramatists like Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen, Sartre, Shaw and Camus and developments like therapy, absurdism, existentialism, communism and woman's rights motivated Indian dramatists. The paper concentrates on the effect of conventional and western impacts on Indian dramatists, and how these variables changed the essence of Indian Drama.

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Hooda, N. (2025-04-15). A Study of Western Influences on Indian English Playwrights and Themes. Boston Research Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 5(1), 61-65.

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