BENGALI THEATRE’S 1ST PEROD
Lebedeff’s Bengally Theatre(1795) is the first Bengali theatre. Herasim Lebedeff was a Russian. He started his BENGALY THEATRE in DOOMTALA. He staged his first production on 27 November 1795 – ‘KALPANIK SAMBADAL’ (BENGALI ADOPTATION OF ‘The Disguise’.After his theatre Nabin Chandra was the first Bengali director who staged first Bengali play on Kolkata stage. In his production, women enacted females roles as in Lebedeff’s theatre.Behind that Bengal Theatre(1873) took actress for their prodeuctions. It was suggested by Michael Madhusudan Dutta. In this theatre , had sitting area for audience and first well-established permanent stage for acting. Nabin Chandra basu was the first person who experimented in his theatre as modern Environmental Theatre. There was not confined to the stage. Audience moved one place to another place to watch the show. He artificially prepared acting space all over his house according to the location mentioned in the play. In Jorasanko Theatre(1965-67) published an advertesment calling for a drama on “The Hindoo females their condition and helpness”. An award also announced for that kind plays Rs. 200/- for the former and Rs. 100/- for the latter which would be best play on each of the subjects mentioned. The productions were too Naturalistic that(NABA NATAK) bower scene prepared with various kind of parasitic creepers and vivid firefly attached on its by gum. Every productions prepared an enormous cost. Radha Kanta Deb( Sovabazar theatre) expended one time one lacks for his productions.
THEATRE
LEADERSHIP BY
PRODUCTIONS
HINDU THEATRE(1931)
PRASANNA KUMAR TAGORE
SHAKESPEAR’S JULIUS CAESAR and BHABABHUTI’S UTTAR RAM CHARIT(28-12-31),NOTHING SUPERFLUOUS(29-03-32)
SHAMBAZAR THEATRE(1835)
NABIN CHANDRA BASU
VIDYA SUNDAR(a Bengali adaptation of Bharat chandra’s poem)(06-10-35)
ORIENTAL THEATRE(1853-57)
THE BOYS OF DAVID HARE ACADEMY
SHAKESPEAR’S OTHELLO(26-09-53) and MERCHANT OF VENICE(02-03-54)
DEVID HARE ACADEMY
HINDU STUDENTS
SHAKESPEAR’S MERCHANT OF VENICE(17-03-54)
JORASANKO NATYASALA(1854)
PARRY MOHAN BASU
SHAKESPEAR’S JULIOUS CAESAR(03-04-54)
ASUTOSH DEB’S THEATRE(1857)
SATU BABU
KALIDAS’S SHAKUNTALA(30-01-57)-BENGALI VERSION, MAHASWETA(05-09-57)-A TRANSLATION OF BANBHATT’S SANSKRIT PLAY KADANMBARI.

RAMJOY BASAK’S HOUSE
JOYRAM BASAK
KULINKULASARVASA(03-1857)
VIDYAOTSAHINI THEATRE(1857)
KALIPRASANNA SINHA
BHATTNARAYANA’S BENISAMHAR(11-04-57),KALIDAS’S VIKRAM URBASI(24-11-57),SABETRI STYABAN(05-06-57)
BELGACHIA THEATRE(1858-61)
PRATAP CHANDRA SINHA and ISWAR CHANDRA SINHA
SHRIHARSA’S RATNABALI(31-07-58), MICHAEL MADHUSUDAN DUTTA’S SARMISTHA(03-09-59)
METROPOLITAN THEATRE(1859)
MURALIDHAR SEN
UMESH CHANDRA MITRA’S BIDHABA BIBAHA(23-04-59)
PATHYURIAGHATA THEATRE(1859-72)
JATINDRA MOHAN TAGORE and SOURINDRA MOHAN TAGORE
KALIDAS PLAY’S BENGALI VERESION MALABIKAGNIMITRA(JULY1859)/VIDYA SUNDAR(ADOPTED BY JATINDRA MOHAN)(30-12-65),JEMON KARMA TEMNI FAL(A FARCE BY RAMNARAYAN TARKARATNA)(06-01-66), MALATIMADHAB(TRANSLATED FROM SANSKRIT BY RAMNARYAN)(14-01-69)RAMNARYAN’S FARCE CHAKSHUDAN,UBHOY SANKAT(26-02-69) AND RUKMINI HARAN(13-01-72)
SOVABAZAR THEATRE(1865-67)
RAJA DEBI KRISHANA DEB BAHADUR
MICHAEL MADHUSUDAN’S EKEI KI BOLE SOBHAYATA(18-07-65) AND KRISHANA KUMARI(08-02-67)
JORASANKO THEATRE(1865-67)
JOTINDRANATH TAGORE, GUNENDRANATH TAGORE AND SARADA PRASAD GANGULI
MICHAEL’S KRISHANA KUMARI AND EKEI KI BOLE SOBHAYATA,RAMNARAYAN’S NABA NATAK(05-01-67)
BOWBAZAR THEATRE(1868)
BALDEB DHAR,CHUNILAL BASU
MANMOHAN BASU’S RAMA BHISEK(MARCH1868), SATI(17-01-74) AND HARISH CHANDRA(JANUARY1875)


BAGHABAZAR AMATEUR THEATRE(1868-72)
NAGENDRANATH BANERJEE,GIRISH CHANDRA GHOSH, RADHA MADHAB KAR AND ARDHENDU SEKHAR MUSTAFI
DINABANDHYU MITRA’S SADHABAR EKADASHI(OCTOBER1868) AND BIYA PAGLA BURO(1872), LEELABATI(11-05-72)