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<div>{{short description|Theatre in Assam, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = Jorhat Theatre<br />
| logo = Jorhat Theatre.jpg<br />
| formation = {{start date and age|1896|02|28}}<br />
| type = Theatre Organization<br />
| location = [[Jorhat]], [[Assam]]<br />
| key_people = [[Budhindranath Delihial Bhattacharya]], [[Chandradhar Barua]], Radha Kanta Handique, Bedanta Baspati, Radhanath Phukon<br />
| parent_organization = Jorhat Sarbajanik Sabha<br />
| formerly = Jorhat Amateur Theatre<br />
}}<br />
'''Jorhat Theatre''' is a [[theatre]] organization in [[Jorhat]], [[Assam]], [[India]] with a history of over a hundred years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiapl.com/assam/jorhat-theatre-hall-494863|title=Jorhat Theatre hall, JB Rd, Malow Ali, Jorhat, Assam|website=indiapl.com|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
From 1875, Jagannath Barooah's social cultural organization "Jorhat Sarbajanik Sabha" performed various dramas in the festival of Durga Puja in the name of "Jorhat Amateur Theatre". Later in 1896, some key peoples of Jorhat like [[Chandradhar Barua]]h, Radha Kanta Handique, Bedanta Baspati, Radhanath Phukon initiated the establishment of "Jorhat Theatre".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dutta|first=Ajit Kumar|title=Jorhator Itihash|publisher=Jorhat Itihash Anusandhan Samiti|year=2015|isbn=978-81-922765-8-8|location=Jorhat|pages=336–337}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jorhat.gov.in/history-of-jorhat.html|title=Jorhat District, Assam|website=jorhat.gov.in|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref> The first drama performed at Jorhat Theatre was "Ramani Gabhoru" by [[Budhindranath Delihial Bhattacharya|Bhudhindranath Delihial Bhattacharya]], the first secretary of Jorhat Theatre.<br />
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== Notable acts ==<br />
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* Sakunir Pratisodh by [[Ganesh Gogoi]]<br />
* Naranarayan by [[Mitradev Mahanta]]<br />
* Alibaba by Bipin Chandra Baruah<br />
* Bhagya Porikkha by [[Chandradhar Barua]]h<br />
* Bhogjora by [[Phani Sarma|Phani Sharma]]<br />
*Pandit [[Ravi Shankar]] and [[Alla Rakha]]s first performance in [[Assam]], 1964<br />
*Performance of Shakespeara by [[Geoffrey Kendal]] in 1940 and 1965<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://m.facebook.com/jorhattheater1896/ Facebook]<br />
*[http://jorhattheatre.in/ Official Website]<br />
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[[Category:Theatrical organisations in India]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Assam]]<br />
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