Text and Performance is an in-depth study of the evolution of theatre in India authored by K.G. Paulose. Divided into three parts and 21 chapters, it delves deep into the interpretative and narrative traditions of Indian theatre. While Part I, Classical Period, gives a detailed account of theatre from early beginnings to the end of the first Millennium, Part II is an analysis of the Popular Theatres and Part III, Theatres of Popular India.