It is the same phenomenon. It is the same drama acted all over again, everywhere. The same avant-garde, by virtue of not being in touch with the masses. The same felt obsession with a prolonged crisis and brief moments of attempts at resuscitation. An eternal recurrence of the same (not of difference, but with semblances of differences) propelled by modernity.

Any person having the leisure to reflect on the cultural milieu can come to notice the marked absence of the role of theatre everywhere. It is plain, written on the wall. The theatre is in crisis.

And the reasons are crystal clear. It is the same familiar story. The advent of the movies, then the television and now the digital technology, the first decisive blow early on from the movies. Time to time there would be serious attempts at resuscitation, in radical manifestos and then again a slump. Again the reasons are the same, simple but crucial: lack of funds and audience.

It would be on the ‘safe......

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