THEATR ^^y Q^ ^^.s ^f 'proletarian theatre* or 'socialist theatre', but not of "people's theatre". Surely it is only through the realization of the idea of a "people's theatre' that one can even come to contemplate the subsequent phases. 1 Marxist Cultural Movement in India: Chronicles and Documents (1936-47), ed. Sudhi Pradhan. Calcutta, 1979, p. 124. 2 The People's Theatre, Remain Holland, ed. Sudhi Pradhan. Calcutta, 1980. Foreword by Sudhi Pradhan, p.iii. 3 Marxist Cultural Movement, p. 129. See also *The Theatre and The People* by S.K. Acharyya, ibid, p. 206. 4. Marxist Cultural Movement, p» 135. 5 Karl Marx, Capital. Vol. I, London, 1970, p. 72. 'There it is a definite social relation between men, that assumes, in their eyes, the fantastic form of a relation between things.* 6 Hirankumar Sanyal, 'Nabanna*. Bohurupi, No. 33, p. 116. 7 Interview with Shambhu Mitra. Bohurupi, No. 34, p. 73. 8 Bohurupi, No. 34, p. 35. 9 Marxist Cultural Movement, pp. 25 7-58. 10 Documents of the History of the Communist Party, ed. M.B. Rao. Vol. VII, 1978, p. 133. 11 Marxist Cultural Movement, p. 108. 12 Marx-badi Sahitya Bitarka, ed. Dhananjoy Das. Calcutta, 1975. Introduction, pp. 74-76. 13 Sudhi Pradhan, Sanskritir Pragati. Calcutta, 1982, p. 189. 14 In the Preamble to Constitution, 8th National Conference of the /.P.T.A. (1957-58), it is stated that its membership is'open to all irrespective of castes, creed and religion who will devote their time and talent in carrying out the aims and objects of Indian Peoples' Theatre Association*. By itself, this is a correct statement of recruitment policy so far as a broad-baseddemo-cratic front can go. This is not where the reformist deviation appears. 15. Manik-Granthabali. Vol. XII, Calcutta, 1976, pp. 393-422. 16 Group Theatre. Vol. IV, No. I, p. 84. 17 Group Theatre. Vol. IV, No. 1, pp. 89-94. 22 January - March 19S3