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	'''Asif Currimbhoy''' (1928, [[Mumbai]] - 1994)<ref>[http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1100 Literary Encyclopedia: Asif Currimbhoy]</ref> is an [[India]]n playwright who wrote in [[English language\|English]].
	He was among the very few Indian dramatists writing plays exclusively in English. He wrote and/or produced over thirty plays in several genres. His work incorporated monologues, choruses, chants, songs, mime, slide projections, and filmed footage.
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			'''Asif Currimbhoy''' (1928–1994)<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Asif Currimbhoy\|url=https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1100\|access-date=2021-07-13\|website=www.litencyc.com\|language=en}}</ref> is an [[India]]n playwright who wrote in [[English language\|English]]. He was among the very few Indian dramatists writing plays exclusively in English. He wrote and/or produced over thirty plays in several genres. His work incorporated monologues, choruses, chants, songs, mime, slide projections, and filmed footage.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Reddy\|first=P. Bayapa\|date=1982\|title=The plays of Asif Currimbhoy a study\|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/10603/201392\|journal=University\|language=English}}</ref>

			== Early life ==
	Born as a [[Khoja]] Muslim, His father was an industrialist and his mother was a social worker. He became acquainted with English at a young age, while studying at [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai\|St. Xavier's College]]. This enabled him to attain mastery over the language. He pursued his higher education in the United States at the [[University of Wisconsin]] where he developed a love for [[Shakespearean drama]] which continued to have a profound influence on his work. After returning to India, he initially worked for the [[Burmah-Shell]] oil company, but gave up that position to pursue playwrighting full-time as he became successful.		Born as a [[Khoja]] Muslim, His father was an industrialist and his mother was a social worker. He became acquainted with English at a young age, while studying at [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai\|St. Xavier's College]]. This enabled him to attain mastery over the language. He pursued his higher education in the United States at the [[University of Wisconsin]] where he developed a love for [[Shakespearean drama]] which continued to have a profound influence on his work. After returning to India, he initially worked for the [[Burmah-Shell]] oil company, but gave up that position to pursue playwrighting full-time as he became successful.

	His first play ''Goa'', written in 1964, deals with racial discrimination as a paradigm of [[postcolonialism]]. Other major plays include ''The Doldrummers'' (1960), ''The Dumb Dancer'' (1961), ''The Hungry Ones'' (1965) The Refugee (1971) Sonar Bangla (1972)and The Dissident M.L.A (1974) . His plays also enjoyed success in the United States. ''The Dumb Dancer'' was staged [[Off-Off-Broadway]] at [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club\|Café La MaMa]] in 1966 and ''Goa'' received a full Broadway production in 1968.		== Career ==
			His first play ''Goa'', written in 1964, deals with racial discrimination as a paradigm of [[postcolonialism]]. Other major plays include ''The Doldrummers'' (1960), ''The Dumb Dancer'' (1961), ''The Hungry Ones'' (1965), ''The Refugee'' (1971), ''Sonar Bangla'' (1972), and ''The Dissident M.L.A'' (1974) . His plays also enjoyed success in the [[United States]]. ''The Dumb Dancer'' was staged [[Off-Off-Broadway]] at [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club\|Café La MaMa]] in 1966 and ''Goa'' received a full Broadway production in 1968.

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	* {{cite book\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e2_aFo5sAroC&pg=PA98&dq=%22asif+currimbhoy%22&client=firefox-a&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%22asif%20currimbhoy%22&f=false \| title=Musings on Indian Writing in English \| first=Natesan Sharda\| last= Iyer \| chapter=Asif Currimbhoy: the Doldrummers - India's first authentic voice in theatre\| pages=98–110 \| year=2007 \| publisher= Sarup and sons \| isbn=978-81-7625-801-2 }}		* {{cite book\| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e2_aFo5sAroC&pg=PA98&dq=%22asif+currimbhoy%22&client=firefox-a&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%22asif%20currimbhoy%22&f=false \| title=Musings on Indian Writing in English \| first=Natesan Sharda\| last= Iyer \| chapter=Asif Currimbhoy: the Doldrummers - India's first authentic voice in theatre\| pages=98–110 \| year=2007 \| publisher= Sarup and sons \| isbn=978-81-7625-801-2 }}

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'''Asif Currimbhoy''' (1928, [[Mumbai]] - 1994)<ref>[http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1100 Literary Encyclopedia: Asif Currimbhoy]</ref> is an [[India]]n playwright who wrote in [[English language|English]].
He was among the very few Indian dramatists writing plays exclusively in English. He wrote and/or produced over thirty plays in several genres. His work incorporated monologues, choruses, chants, songs, mime, slide projections, and filmed footage.


Born as a [[Khoja]] Muslim, His father was an industrialist and his mother was a social worker. He became acquainted with English at a young age, while studying at [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College]]. This enabled him to attain mastery over the language. He pursued his higher education in the United States at the [[University of Wisconsin]] where he developed a love for [[Shakespearean drama]] which continued to have a profound influence on his work. After returning to India, he initially worked for the [[Burmah-Shell]] oil company, but gave up that position to pursue playwrighting full-time as he became successful.

His first play ''Goa'', written in 1964, deals with racial discrimination as a paradigm of [[postcolonialism]]. Other major plays include ''The Doldrummers'' (1960), ''The Dumb Dancer'' (1961), ''The Hungry Ones'' (1965) The Refugee (1971) Sonar Bangla (1972)and The Dissident M.L.A (1974) . His plays also enjoyed success in the United States. ''The Dumb Dancer'' was staged [[Off-Off-Broadway]] at [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club|Café La MaMa]] in 1966 and ''Goa'' received a full Broadway production in 1968.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e2_aFo5sAroC&pg=PA98&dq=%22asif+currimbhoy%22&client=firefox-a&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%22asif%20currimbhoy%22&f=false | title=Musings on Indian Writing in English | first=Natesan Sharda| last= Iyer | chapter=Asif Currimbhoy: the Doldrummers - India's first authentic voice in theatre| pages=98–110 | year=2007 | publisher= Sarup and sons | isbn=978-81-7625-801-2 }}

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