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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><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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.<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{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 }}<br />
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