Performance area and changing rooms of amphitheatre of the Centre for Performing Arts in Pune. (Photo by R. Dunham)

Playbills on exterior facade of Shivaja Mandir Theatre in Mumbai. This theatre is one of the most successful Marathi Theatres in the country. (Photo by R. Dunham)

View of the house/balcony of the Shivaja Mandir Theatre. Note fans mounted on walls and ceilings and simplistic decoration of the house. (Photo by R. Dunham)

Amphitheatre of the National School of Drama in New Delhi. Note wings constructed of natural brick. (Photo by R. Dunham)

Seating risers and lighting towers of the National School of Drama's amphitheatre. (Photo by R. Dunham)

National School of Drama proscenium stage viewed from house. (Photo by R. Dunham)

National School of Drama proscenium stage view of house and projection booths. (Photo by R. Dunham)

Counterweight fly system of the proscenium stage at the National School of Drama. (Photo by R. Dunham)

Jamshed Bhabha Theatre house, projection booths and acoustic panels. (Photo by R. Dunham)

Jamshed Bhabha Theatre stageleft wing and counterweight flyrail in background. (Photo by R. Dunham)

Jamshed Bhabha Theatre stage at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA). (Photo by R. Dunham)

National Theatre (also named the Tata Theatre) of the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA). (Photo by R. Dunham)

Small recording theatre at National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA).

Exterior of the Academy Theatre in Kolkata (Calcutta). (Photo by F. Richmond)

View of stageleft proscenium wall of Academy Theatre in Kolkata (Calcutta). (Photo by F. Richmond)

View of house and balcony of Bharata Natyam Theatre in Pune (a contemporary commercial theatre). (Photo by R. Dunham)