An abstract celebration of the contradiction of gender identities
Anu Kumar’s ‘The Ecstacy’ is included in this 2006 Anthology.
About This Book
Edited by Dimple Godiwala, ‘Alternatives Within the Mainstream: British Black and Asian Theatres’ is the first comprehensive collection of critical essays on the subject.
In prase of The Ecstacy
“Anu Kumar succeeds in transcending all cultural barriers which determine relationships in an Indian or English context by celebrating the very slippery tropes of masculinity and femininity in many aspects of the way that relationships can be played out. Ultimately the play is an abstract celebration of the contradiction of gender identities, which are resolved by a reconciling unity made material, visible, palpable in an immediate way that only theatre can accomplish. The Ecstasy is an abstract work of art concretized on the space of the stage.”
– Alternatives Within The Mainstream: British Black and Asian Theatres, Dimple Godwali
