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#  '''Thakishi Sanvad'''' '''ठकीशी संवाद''' (2020) New Play written during COVID-19 lockdown (March–July 2020) to be produced in 2021–22

# Em Divas Mathakade (2012) Directed by Nipun Dharmadhikari for Natak Company, Pune

=====List of adapted/translated one-act plays=====

# Judge जज्ज (1968)

# Yamuche Rahasya यमुचे रहस्य  (1976)

# Bhint भिंत  (1980)*

# Valan वळण(1980)*

# Alshi Uttarvalyachi Gosht आळशी अत्तरवाल्याची गोष्ट (1999)**

# Nashibvan Baiche Don नशीबवान बाईचे दोन (1999)**

# Supari सुपारी (2002)

# Karmaachari कर्मचारी (2009)

Alekar started writing at the age of 19 as a chemistry graduation, though most of his early work were short plays.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/08/06/stories/2003080600280100.htm|title= Writing performance: "I write a performance, not a play. That is my strength and also my limitation," says Satish Alekar|date=6 August 2003|work=The Hindu|access-date=3 April 2010}}</ref> Many of his plays are set around [[Pune]] [[Brahmin]] society, highlighting their narrow mindedness and subsequently he ventured into small-town politics with ''Doosra Samna'' (1989).<ref>[[#Ka|Kasbekar, p. 58]]</ref> ''Mahanirvan'' (1973) (The Dread Departure) finds black humour through Hindu death rites in Brahmins and its overt seriousness is today Alekar's best-known early work and has since been performed in Bengali, Hindi, Dongri, Konkani and Gujarati.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19991203/ige03093.html|title=Satish Alekar revisited|date=3 December 1999  |newspaper=Indian Express|access-date=3 April 2010}}</ref> It was originally a one-act play and he had later expanded it at Patel's insistence.  It was first staged on 22 November 1974 at the Bharat Natya Mandir, by the Theatre Academy, Pune and was revived in 1999 for its 25th anniversary, and was performed at the same venue, with most of the original cast intact.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19991119/ile19223.html|title=A fitting encore|date=19 November 1999  |newspaper=Indian Express|access-date=3 April 2010}}</ref>

''Mickey Ani Memsaheb'' (1974) was his first full-length script. With the exception of his ''Mahapoor'' (1975), he directed all of his own plays. Alekar's ''Begum Barve'' (1979) is regarded as a classic of contemporary Marathi theatre.<ref>[http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=16528/ "Begum Barve: Embodiment of subversive fantasy"], ''Intellect Ltd.'', April 2013.</ref> It deals with the eponymous female impersonator's memories and fantasies. After his musical company closed down, a minor singer-actor starts selling incense sticks on the street and gets exploited by his employer. One day his fantasies get enmeshed with those of a pair of clerks who were his regular customers, and those fantasies get almost fulfilled. The play staged in Rajasthani, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Konkani, Tamil and [[Kannada language|Kannada]].<ref name=mi/> In 2009, 30 years after its first production, the play returned to Mumbai with its original cast of Chandrakant Kale, and [[Mohan Aghashe]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/dream-run/411425/|title=Dream Run|date=16 January 2009|newspaper=Indian Express|access-date=3 April 2010}}</ref>

Some of Alekar's plays have been translated and produced in [[Hindi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], and [[Konkani language|Konkani]]. His plays have been included in the National Anthologies published in 2000–01 by the [[National School of Drama]] and [[Sahitya Akademi]], Delhi.

 

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