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India was invaded a number of times. This played a major role in shaping of Indian [[culture]] and [[cultural heritage|heritage]]. The [[Medieval]] India experienced a grand fusion with the invaders from the [[middle-east]].
| bgcolor="#efefef" | Rector
| bgcolor="#dfefff" | Mrs Caroline A Amos
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| bgcolor="#efefef" | Depute Rector
| bgcolor="#dfefff" | Mrs Allison Dalziel
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| bgcolor="#efefef" | School type
| bgcolor="#dfefff" | Secondary
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| bgcolor="#efefef" | Founded
| bgcolor="#dfefff" | 1576
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| bgcolor="#efefef" | Location
| bgcolor="#dfefff" | Paisley, Renfrewshire
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| bgcolor="#efefef" | Roll || bgcolor="#dfefff" | 1,586
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| bgcolor="#efefef" | School website
| bgcolor="#dfefff" | http://www.paisley-gs.renfrewshire.sch.uk
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India, as a colony of the [[British Empire]], used theatre as one of its instruments in protest. To resist, the British Government had to impose [[Dramatic Performance Act]] in 1876. From the last half of the 19th century, theatres in India experienced a boost in numbers and practice.


'''Paisley Grammar School''', situated on Glasgow Road, [[Paisley, Renfrewshire|Paisley]], [[Renfrewshire]], [[Scotland]], and dating from 1576, is a Scottish non-denominational state school.
After [[independence]] in 1947, theatres spread throughout India as one of the means of [[entertainment]] and one of the means of [[death]].


Also known as the William B. Barbour academy due to a bequest by the former member of parliament for the town (1885 - 1891). The foundation stone of the new building, which was called the 'Paisley Grammar School and William B. Barbour Academy', was laid in 1896 and until recently this was the school's proper title. The new school building was opened in 1898 by Balfour of Burleigh, then secretary of state for Scotland. Descendents of William Barbour still attend the school today.
India, being a multi-cultural [[nation]], cannot be associated with a unique [[trend]] and feature in its theatres.


The school was fee paying until the mid 1960's and in 1986 when threatened with imminent closure by [[Strathclyde Regional Council]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] intervened personally to ensure the survival of the school. The law was changed so that local councils could no longer close schools which were more than 80% full without approval by the [[Secretary of State for Scotland]]. Soon after the council was forced to drop its plans.
Presently, major threats to Indian Theatre are the spread of [[television]] [[industry]] and spread of the [[film]]s produced in the [[Mumbai]] film industry. Lack of [[finance]] is another major trouble.


==Notable former pupils==
==History of Indian theatre==
Notable former pupils include:
===Theatre in ancient India===
{{main|Sanskrit drama}}


*[[David Tennant]] – (formerly David McDonald); Actor (The current Doctor in ''[[Doctor Who]]'')
[[Bharata]] wrote [[Natya Shastra]] (200 BC - 400 AD), a dissertation on the structure and purpose of theatre in society.
*[[Andrew Neil]] – Journalist and broadcaster
*[[Colin Campbell]] – (Scottish politician) former [[Scottish National Party]] [[Member of the Scottish Parliament]]
*[[Kenyon Wright]] (Chairman) of the [[Scottish Constitutional Convention]]
*[[Fred Goodwin]] – [[CEO]] of the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]]
*[[John Macquarrie]] – sometime Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, [[University of Oxford]], and Canon Residentiary, [[Christ Church, Oxford]]
*[[Omer Hussain]] – [[Scottish cricket]] internationalist
*[[Ann McKechin]] – MP Glasgow North
*[[Martin Smith]] – [[politician]]
*[[Douglas Alexander]] – Labour Member of Parliament
*[[Brian Reid]] – Former footballer Morton, Nottingham Forest, Rangers, Queen of the South
*[[Jacqui Lait]] – [[Politician]] and first [[Conservative]] female [[Whip (politics)|Whip]].


==Rectors==
===Theatre in medieval India===
There have been many [[Rector]]s of this prestigious school over its history including George Aimer Russell at the turn of the 20th century, and, more recently, John Clarke OBE (1937 - 1956), Ninian A. Jamieson (1956 - 1966), Robert Y. Corbett (1966 - 1988), Hugh H Nisbet (1988 - 1995) and John C Pears (1995 - 2006). Hugh Nisbet is also a former pupil of the school. John Pears and Hugh Nisbet are the only two current living former Rectors of the school.


==Clubs and societies==
===Theatre in India under British rule===
===Indian theatre after Independence (1947-1992)===
===Contemporary (post-1992) Indian theatre===
===Improvization===
Improvization is a very new art form to India. Very few theatre groups and very few public performances have been done.


The school offers a wide variety of clubs and activities for the pupils, including:
==Notable theatres in India in different Indian languages and regions==
* [[Bengali Theatre]]


*Rugby S1&2/S3&4/S5&6
==Notable people==
*Theatregoers S6
===Ancient Age===
*Prayer Group
* [[Bharata]]
*Scripture Union S5&6
* [[Kalidasa]]
*X-Factor S1 – S3
*Hockey S4 – S6
*Lifelines S1&2
*Quiz Club S1 – S6
*Heartstart S1 – S3
*Puzzle Club S1
*Science Club S1&2
*Basketball S1 – S3
*Fair Trade S1 – S6
*Skiing S1 – S6
*Netball S1&2 S3-S6
*Football (girls) S1 – S6
*Debating Club S3 – S6
*Duke of Edinburgh S3&4
*Football (boys) S1 – S6
*Badminton S1&2
*Junior [[choir]]
*Senior Choir
*Guitar Orchestra
*Celtic Band
*Strings Ensemble


Paisley Grammar does annual school shows.
===Medieval age===
===Under British rule===
* [[Dinabandhu Mitra]]
* [[Michael Madhusudan Dutta]]
* [[Rabindranath Tagore]]


==Uniform==
===After Independence (1947 onwards)===
Notable theatre directors and writers:
* [[Rambriksh Benipuri]], playwright, journalist, short-story writer, nationalist and socialist
* [[Ebrahim Alkazi]], ex. Director NSD
* [[Habib Tanvir]], Director & writer, Naya Theatre, Bhopal
* [[Bansi Kaul]], Theatre director, Bhopal
* [[Ratan Thiyam]], Director Chorus Theatre,Manipur
* [[Suresh Bhardwaj]], Director, Aakar Kala Sangam, Associate Professor at National School of Drama, New Delhi
* [[Safdar Hashmi]], Theatre Activist,Pioneer in street theatre movement in India
* [[Ramesh Mehta]], Playwright, Sangeet Natak Academy Awardee 2006
* [[Utpal Dutta]], Political Theatre Director, Kolkatta
* [[Girish Karnad]] - [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
* [[Shankar Nag]] - [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
* [[K.V. Subbanna]] - [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
* [[B.V. Karanth]] - [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Hindi]]
* [[K.V. Akshara]] - [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
* [[Sambhu Mitra]], Actor Director, Kolkatta
* [[Vijay Tendulkar]], playwright, Marathi
* [[Sachin Gupta]], Playwright, Theatre Director
* [[Rudraprasad Sengupta]], Theatre Director, Kolkatta
* [[Badal Sarkar]], playwright
* [[Satyadev Dubey]], Theatre director, Mumbai
* [[Uma Jhunjhunwala]], Theatre Director, Calcutta
* [[Bijon Bhattacharya]]
* [[Kumara Varma]]
* [[Mohan Maharishi]], Ex Director NSD,Indian theatre department,Punjab University.
* [[Gursharan Singh]], street theatre activist, Punjab
* [[S. M. Azhar Aalam]], Theatre Director, Little Thespian, Calcutta


The School has a strict uniform policy:
==Forms of Indian theatre==
*White or light blue blouse or shirt
===Classical Indian dance===
*School tie
The most orthodox and complex form of musical theatre based on the Natya Shastra.
*Navy blue or black skirt
*Black tailored trousers
*Navy blue pullover or v-necked sweatshirt
*Black shoes
*Navy blue blazer with school badge


==Mr Livingston scandal==
===Traditional Indian theatre===
Throughout the teachers career in the school,Mr Livingston has commited several acts of perverted nature,many pupils complaining about this yet nothing has been done,Mr Livingston being a P.E. teacher has to teach boys and girls,one incident recently was that Mr Livingston was staring at young girls chest areas and bottom areas,once again people complained but nothing was done,also, a few years ago the teacher strolled into the girls changing room warning them that the bell was about to go for lunch,the teacher took his time while saying this,an obvious excuse to eye up young girls.Another occuring problem in the school is Mr Livingstons affair with F.T.T. teacher Mrs Mcgowan,several pupils walked into Mr Livingstons office to find him having sex with the teacher on top of his desk,this re-ocurred later on in the year when deputy head teacher Mrs Dalziel walked into Mrs Mcgowan office looking for F.T.T. supplies when she stumbled across the two at it again,Mr Livingston has been doing things like this for years ,with many pupils protesting against him,yet the man is still a teacher,the opinion of many is that it is not safe to have a teacher like this in any school,many have even gone as far as to use phrases like "rapist""paedophile""beast",beast was the description of Mr Livingston by car salesman Boyd Craig.In conclusion as the opinion of many,this man,Mr Livingston should be fired from his job as a teacher.-Paisley Daily Express...Livingstone is a fucktard....
See [[Guru]] [[Padma Shri]] [[Mani Madhava Chakyar]], [[Mani Damodara Chakyar]] and [[Kutiyattam]]


==External links==
===Indian folk theatre===
===Modern Indian theatre===
Modern Indian Theatre is a high tech affair, most of the Indian artists are trained professionals from international Universities and India too today has many world class theatre training organization. Though the Indian auditoriums have not embraced technology as swiftly, but the same is changing rapidly, One great example of technology put to use in Modern Indian Theatre is a comprehensively created portal [http://www.bengalurutheatre.com Bangalore Theatre Guide], While Indian theatre is emerging on the international theatre arena, Bangalore Theatre is a precursor of things to come.


*[http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/paisleygrammarschoolrenfrewshire.asp Paisley Grammar School's page on Scottish Schools Online]
===Indian puppet theatre===
===Indian street theatre===
===Other Indian theatres===
==Notable awards and festivals==
===Awards===
===Festivals===
* [[Nandikar's National Theatre Festival]]


11TH NATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL 2007


Comprising of 21 reputed Indian plays from 9 centres in 11 languages, presented over 14 days


This festival features traditional and contemporary plays, as well as adaptations of classical plays in several regional languages, English and Sanskrit)

From Kerala we have the privilege of having Sopanam again with the maestro Kevalam Narayana Panikkar coming with a Malayalam play Otta Mulachi and a Sanskrit classic in Kalidas’s Malavikaagnimitram. Aamchi Mumbai and Marathi boast of a duet, being Vijay Mishra’s local Choukatali Vihir, while Saish Deshpande’s Waiting Room comes from Panaji, Goa. This may well have been three if Waman Kendre had not decided to do his own adaptation of Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex in Hindustani this time, tilted Vedhapashya! Other Hindustani plays are Ekjute’s Romeo & Juliet, & Not to forget the remembrable performance of '8 Ghante' by Aakar Kala Sangam directed by Suresh Bhardwaj,Devendra Raj Ankur’s Hum Tumse Pyar Karega Kaun, Dinesh Thakur’s Mitr, Sunil Shanbag’s take on Mumbai mill workers, Cotton 56, Polyester 84, Suresh Sharma’s Kaafka – Ek Adhyay, Sanjay Sahay’s take on Nikolai Gogol’s Inspector-General titled Jaanch Partal coming from Gaya in Bihar and, quite significantly for this festival, Prasanna’s very own interpretation of [[Mahakavi Bhavbhuti]]'s (also known as [[Bhavabhuti]] ) UIttara Ramacharitha.

Suren Thakar Mehul’s Mrutunjay is in Gujarati, Santanu Das’s Manush-Manushi in Bengali, Kewal Dhaliwal’s Loona in Punjabi and Chidambara Rao Jambhe’s Oh Lear in Kannada. Distance never being a problem for this festival, from the most eastern and least accessible part of India comes Baharul Islam’s Assamese offering Apeksha. Did we leave anything out? Yes, the Konkani play coming from Goa, being Kala Academy Goa’s Devchar Khelayata, Mogyank Melayta, an interpretation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Jayendranath Haladankar.

==Institutional aids in Indian theatre==
==Notable groups and companies==
* [[Nandikar]]
* [[Little Thespian]]
* [[Ninasam]]
* [[Rangayana]]
* [[Ranga Shankara]]
* [[Prithvi Theatre]]
* [[Indian People's Theatre Association]]
* [[Asmita Theatre Group]]
* [[Chilsag Chillies Theatre Company]]
* [[Theatre Formation Paribartak]]
* [[DramaTech (India Institutes of Technology)|DramaTech]]

==Notable productions==
* [[Oedipus]] (1982)
* [[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]] (1984)
* [[Savitri]] (1989)
* [[Ganapati]] (1999)
* [[Madhavi]], solo by [[Rashi Bunny]] (2003)
* [[Yaadon Ke Bujhe Huye Savere]], Directed by [[Uma Jhunjhunwala]] (2005)
* [[Oh God]] (2006)
* [[Odd Couple]] (2006)
* [[ART]] (2007)
* [[Five point someone]] (2007)
* [[Run For Your Wife]] (2007)
* [[Sacrifice]] (2007) by IFTA

==Notable stages==
* [[Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta]] (Ranu Mukherjee Mancha)
* [[Rabindra Sadan]]

==Notable theatre to films==
* [[Sohrab Modi]]
* [[Om Shivpuri]]
* [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]]
* [[Sudha Shivpuri]]
* [[Om Shivpuri]]
* [[Anupam Kher]]
* [[Raj Babbar]]
* [[Ashish Vidyarthi]]
* [[Alok Nath]]
* [[Neena Gupta]]
* [[Rajpal Yadav]]
* [[Aishwarya Rai]]
* [[Seema Biswas]]
* [[Meghna Kothari]]
* [[Satish Kaushik]]
* [[Suresh Bhardwaj]]
* [[Deepa Sahi]]
* [[Ratna Pathak Shah]]
* [[Pankaj Kapoor]]
* [[Kangana Ranawat]]
* [[Dia Mirza]]
* [[Lara Dutta]]
* [[Priyanka Chopra]]
* [[Celina Jaitley]]
* [[Sushmita Sen]]
* [[Bipasha Basu]]
* [[Rani Mukherjee]]
* [[Kajol]]
* [[Amrita Rao]]
* [[Esha Deol]]
* [[Preity Zinta]]
* [[Amisha Patel]]
* [[Madhuri Dixit]]
* [[Mallika Serawat]]
* [[Deepika Padukone]]
* [[Katrina Kaif]]
* [[Riya Sen]]
* [[Juhi Chawla]]
* [[Isha Koppikar]]
* [[Sneha Ullal]]
* [[Bhumika Chawla]]
* [[Akshay Kumar]]
* [[Shahid Kapoor]]
* [[Hritik Roshan]]
* [[Paresh Rawal]]
* [[Rajpal Yadav]]
* [[Abhishek Bachchan]]
* [[Sunil Shetty]]
* [[Vivek Oberoi]]
* [[John Abraham]]
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
* [[Ritesh Deshmukh]]
* [[Aftab Shivdasani]]
* [[Arjun Rampal]]
* [[Ajay Devgan]]
* [[Zayed Khan]]
* [[Shabana Azmi]]
* [[Sandeep Marwah]]
* [[Shilpa Shukla]]
* [[Shahrukh Khan]]
* [[Girish Karnad]]
* [[Ananth Nag]]
* [[Shankar Nag]]
* [[Rajkumar]]
* [[G V Iyer]]
* [[Piyush Mishra]]
* [[Pasupathy]]

==Notable Indian theatre in foreign languages==
==Notable Indian theatre in other countries==
==Foreign plays and/or plots in Indian theatre==
==Problems and issues in Indian theatre==
===Finance===
===Theatre for poor versus poor theatre===
===Theatre versus television===
===Theatre for development in India===

==References==
*[http://www.culturopedia.com/Theatre/theatre_intro.html Culturopedia.com-Theatre in India]

==External links==
* [http://www.nsd.gov.in/ NSD]
* [http://www.akstheatre.com/ AKS]
* [http://www.koothu-p-pattarai.org/ Koothu p pattarai]
* [http://www.bengalurutheatre.com/ Bangalore Theatre Guide]
* [http://indiantheatre.blogspot.com/]
* [http://www.prithvitheatre.org/ Prithvi Theatre]
* [http://www.bhasabharathi.com/sopanam.htm Sopanam Institute of Performing Arts and Research (Bhashabharathi), Kerala]
* [http://www.adishaktitheatrearts.org]
* [http://www.samoohtheatre.com Samooh Theatre]
* [http://www.natarang.org/ Natarang Pratishthan: Archive and Resource Centre for Indian Theatre]
* [http://www.abhinayatheatrevillage.org Abhinaya Theatre Research Centre]


[[Category:Theatre in India|*]]
[[Category:1586 establishments]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in the 1580s]]
[[Category:Grammar schools in Scotland]]
[[Category:Schools in Renfrewshire]]

Revision as of 17:08, 10 October 2008

Paisley Grammar School
Rector Mrs Caroline A Amos
Depute Rector Mrs Allison Dalziel
School type Secondary
Founded 1576
Location Paisley, Renfrewshire
Roll 1,586
School website http://www.paisley-gs.renfrewshire.sch.uk


Paisley Grammar School, situated on Glasgow Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and dating from 1576, is a Scottish non-denominational state school.

Also known as the William B. Barbour academy due to a bequest by the former member of parliament for the town (1885 - 1891). The foundation stone of the new building, which was called the 'Paisley Grammar School and William B. Barbour Academy', was laid in 1896 and until recently this was the school's proper title. The new school building was opened in 1898 by Balfour of Burleigh, then secretary of state for Scotland. Descendents of William Barbour still attend the school today.

The school was fee paying until the mid 1960's and in 1986 when threatened with imminent closure by Strathclyde Regional Council, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher intervened personally to ensure the survival of the school. The law was changed so that local councils could no longer close schools which were more than 80% full without approval by the Secretary of State for Scotland. Soon after the council was forced to drop its plans.

Notable former pupils

Notable former pupils include:

Rectors

There have been many Rectors of this prestigious school over its history including George Aimer Russell at the turn of the 20th century, and, more recently, John Clarke OBE (1937 - 1956), Ninian A. Jamieson (1956 - 1966), Robert Y. Corbett (1966 - 1988), Hugh H Nisbet (1988 - 1995) and John C Pears (1995 - 2006). Hugh Nisbet is also a former pupil of the school. John Pears and Hugh Nisbet are the only two current living former Rectors of the school.

Clubs and societies

The school offers a wide variety of clubs and activities for the pupils, including:

  • Rugby S1&2/S3&4/S5&6
  • Theatregoers S6
  • Prayer Group
  • Scripture Union S5&6
  • X-Factor S1 – S3
  • Hockey S4 – S6
  • Lifelines S1&2
  • Quiz Club S1 – S6
  • Heartstart S1 – S3
  • Puzzle Club S1
  • Science Club S1&2
  • Basketball S1 – S3
  • Fair Trade S1 – S6
  • Skiing S1 – S6
  • Netball S1&2 S3-S6
  • Football (girls) S1 – S6
  • Debating Club S3 – S6
  • Duke of Edinburgh S3&4
  • Football (boys) S1 – S6
  • Badminton S1&2
  • Junior choir
  • Senior Choir
  • Guitar Orchestra
  • Celtic Band
  • Strings Ensemble

Paisley Grammar does annual school shows.

Uniform

The School has a strict uniform policy:

  • White or light blue blouse or shirt
  • School tie
  • Navy blue or black skirt
  • Black tailored trousers
  • Navy blue pullover or v-necked sweatshirt
  • Black shoes
  • Navy blue blazer with school badge

Mr Livingston scandal

Throughout the teachers career in the school,Mr Livingston has commited several acts of perverted nature,many pupils complaining about this yet nothing has been done,Mr Livingston being a P.E. teacher has to teach boys and girls,one incident recently was that Mr Livingston was staring at young girls chest areas and bottom areas,once again people complained but nothing was done,also, a few years ago the teacher strolled into the girls changing room warning them that the bell was about to go for lunch,the teacher took his time while saying this,an obvious excuse to eye up young girls.Another occuring problem in the school is Mr Livingstons affair with F.T.T. teacher Mrs Mcgowan,several pupils walked into Mr Livingstons office to find him having sex with the teacher on top of his desk,this re-ocurred later on in the year when deputy head teacher Mrs Dalziel walked into Mrs Mcgowan office looking for F.T.T. supplies when she stumbled across the two at it again,Mr Livingston has been doing things like this for years ,with many pupils protesting against him,yet the man is still a teacher,the opinion of many is that it is not safe to have a teacher like this in any school,many have even gone as far as to use phrases like "rapist""paedophile""beast",beast was the description of Mr Livingston by car salesman Boyd Craig.In conclusion as the opinion of many,this man,Mr Livingston should be fired from his job as a teacher.-Paisley Daily Express...Livingstone is a fucktard....

External links

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