{"product_id":"nightmare-city","title":"Nightmare City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForthcoming in 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUtpal Dutt (1929–93), playwright, director and actor, an inspiration and role model for the activist theatre person. Whether through the proscenium theatre, street performance, the traditional strolling theatre-in-the-round, or cinema, Dutt tried to take revolutionary theatre to the widest mass of people, with political messages for every turning point in a highly sensitive and rapidly changing political scenario, redefining his relationship with the political leadership again and again, getting into violent confrontations with various forces, being driven underground, and getting jailed in the process. His legacy of plays and other writing remain a valuable chapter in Indian theatre history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents three of Dutt’s plays, in his own translation, each exploring human relationships and the tensions of class and power in a revolutionary situation. \u003cem\u003eHunting the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e (Surya Shikar) takes us back to the pre-Mughal period, with Buddhism emerging as an intellectual revolutionary force; \u003cem\u003eThe Great Rebellion\u003c\/em\u003e (Mahavidroha) is set in the battlefields of the First Indian War of Independence in 1857; and \u003cem\u003eNightmare City\u003c\/em\u003e (Duswapner Nagari) is set on yet another battlefield—the city of Calcutta in the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47805791011114,"sku":"9781803097084","price":699.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/2837\/6618\/files\/Utpal_Dutt_3_Plays__98909.1646195747.1280.1280.jpg?v=1711539823","url":"https:\/\/seagullbooks.org\/products\/nightmare-city","provider":"Seagull Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}