A political play staging the Nazi takeover of Germany with an eye on
India.
Although Utpal Dutt is acknowledged as a trailblazer of
post-Independence Indian theater, English readers have not had access to
the range and wealth of his drama. Barricade is a political play that
stages the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933 with an eye on India. Today,
the surge to power of far-right parties and fundamentalist fanaticism
across the world means that the co-option of democracy and civil society
that led to Nazi fascism can happen again--or indeed has already
happened--granting Barricade its immediate urgency. Equipped with an
introduction analyzing its historical context, this translation of
Barricade is also a very rare product in dramatic literature,
collating both the printed original as well as a documented performance
of the production directed by Dutt.