A Study Of Western Influences On Indian English Playwrights And Themes

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.