The Legacy of Balamani Ammal in Tamil Theatre : Affirming a History Lost in the Conjunction between Social Respectability and Historiography of Arts

Tracing the life and works of Balamani Ammal, who lived in the late 19th and early 20th century, flags off the aspects of gendered history of theatre. It is a rich history of someone who ventured into many forms—Sadhir, stage dramas, “novels,” Sanskrit plays, and Harikatha. It also reveals her exceptional interest in introducing new technical devices like petromax lighting and

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