Both the western and the Indian drama have their respective classical traditions - the Greek and the sanskrit, however, modern western drama has kept closer to its classical tradition than modern Indian drama which is virtually an offshoot of the western drama, both medieval and modern. Thanks to the study of English literature that the Indian playwrights were exposed to shake spears and then gradually to the moderns. Indian playwrights and theatre directors would do well to proble their own cultural heritage in order to give better representation to Indian drama abroad. Even the westerners would like it and love to borrow from our sources.
