Translated with an Introduction by Rakesh H. Solomon

Preface; Part I: Globalization, Nationalism and Theatre in British India: The Historical Terrain of 'Kichaka-Vadha'; Part II: Kichaka-Vadha, or The Slaying of Kichaka; A Note on the Translation; List of Characters; Act One; Act Two; Act Three; Act Four; Act Five; Key Terms; Index

This volume offers the first English translation of one of India's most celebrated works of anticolonial resistance. It is also the first edition of the play to provide an extensive historical-critical commentary and to draw on a comprehensive range of colonial archival documents.