determinations; albeit the base is the eventual determinant instance, it may not necessarily be the dominant one (Smith 1984: p. 526). Furthermore, ideology is not false consciousness as argued by the Frankfurt School. Ideology is both true and false. True, because it encompasses the real conditions of people’s lives. False, because it misrecognises and misrepresents power and class relations (Barker 2012: p. 64). Ideologies consist of imaginary relations to real conditions that do not correspond to
The distinctiveness of Indian theatrical tradition in the dramatic cultures of the world—its antiquity as well as its aesthetic appeal—is more or less indisputable today. The roots of theatre in India are ancient and deep-seated. Theatrical expression of some kind or the other has been since primitive and mythic times, an integral part of Indian life. Our knowledge about the initial, primitive stage of theatrical activity in India is very meagre. However one can safely say that theatre in India as