Silence! The Court is in Session

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Silence! The Court is in Session is a landmark Marathi play that uses a mock trial to expose social hypocrisy, gender injustice, and the oppression of women in Indian society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Marathi play ⓘ
play ⓘ
addresses abuse of legal procedures against women ⓘ
social judgment of unmarried women ⓘ
stigma around female sexuality ⓘ
aimsTo provoke social reflection ⓘ
question patriarchal norms ⓘ
audience Marathi theatre-goers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
criticizes hypocrisy of progressive rhetoric in society ⓘ
middle-class social norms ⓘ
moral policing of women ⓘ
culturalContext Indian society ⓘ
post-independence Indian middle class ⓘ
depicts power imbalance between men and women ⓘ
focusesOn double standards of morality ⓘ
patriarchal oppression ⓘ
social attitudes towards women in Indian society ⓘ
form one of the key texts of modern Indian theatre ⓘ
genre courtroom drama ⓘ
feminist theatre ⓘ
social drama ⓘ
hasForm stage play ⓘ
hasSubject legal oppression ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
women’s rights ⓘ
influenced later feminist plays in Indian languages ⓘ
knownFor powerful portrayal of a woman put on trial by society ⓘ
use of a mock court to reveal hidden prejudices ⓘ
language Marathi ⓘ
linked to: Marathi language
mainTheme gender injustice ⓘ
oppression of women ⓘ
social hypocrisy ⓘ
medium theatre ⓘ
narrativeDevice mock trial ⓘ
originalLanguage Marathi ⓘ
linked to: Marathi language
portrays humiliation of women through legal and social mechanisms ⓘ
setting courtroom ⓘ
significance important feminist text in Indian drama ⓘ
landmark work in Marathi theatre ⓘ
studiedIn courses on Indian drama ⓘ
gender studies curricula ⓘ
tone critical ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
uses metatheatrical techniques ⓘ
satire ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ

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Vijay Tendulkar → notableWork → Silence! The Court is in Session ⓘ
Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar → notableWork → Silence! The Court Is in Session ⓘ
linked to: Silence! The Court is in Session
Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar → wrotePlay → Silence! The Court Is in Session ⓘ
linked to: Silence! The Court is in Session
Marathi theatre → notablePlay → Silence! The Court is in Session ⓘ