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Suguna Vilasa Sabha theatre company founded

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Suguna Vilasa Sabha theatre company founded
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Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar founded the Suguna Vilasa Sabha in Madras to revive and reform Tamil drama.

In July 1891 Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar, then a 19-year-old student, founded the amateur theatre company Suguna Vilasa Sabha in Madras. The company aimed to revive and reform Tamil drama and brought a more literary, Western-influenced style to the Tamil stage. Sambandha Mudaliar wrote many plays, including adaptations of Shakespeare, and is often called the father of modern Tamil theatre.

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