Stageplay: the Journey of an Actor

The Book chronicles her journey from her childhood and early influences, her career in theatre to her first film junoon, and the very popular role as the lovable daadi in the television serial humlog. Her roles in films like kalyug, silsila, Prem Rog, Muhafiz, chandni, 1942 A Love Story, and more recently, Kal Ho Na Ho are Exemplary. Throughout, Sushma s Passion For theatre never took a backseat, having performed on stage, roles that most actors only dream of shen Te In Bertolt Brecht s The Good Woman Of Setzuan Kate in Shakespeare s The taming of the Shrew Gurdafarid in Agha Harshr Kashmiri s Rustam Sohrab Rono in Rajinder Singh Bedi s Ek Chadar Maili Si and Champa in Vijay Tendulkar s Sakharam Binder. In 1972, she founded children s Creative Theatre that culminated in several successful stage producations. Stageplay is also the incredible story of the work sushma seth has done with the children of an NGO, Arpana, that the children of an NGO, Arpana, that has rebabilitated the lives of thousands of resettled slum dwellers. The Second part of the book is a ready reckoner for all teachers of drama as it details material for drama workshops and the finer aspects of play production. Stageplay : The Journey of an Actor is an invaluable book for lovers of films and theatre, and the general reader alike.