Theatre is a place devoted to performances either solo or collective, of performing arts.
The 19th century saw a great development of the Marathi Theatre.
Vishnudas Bhave was known as the father of the Marathi Theatre.
In the initial years historical, mythological plays were performed along with light farcical plays.
The plays had no written script. The tradition of having a complete written script began with the play ‘
Thorale Madhavrao Peshwe’ in 1861.
At the end of 19th century,„ the tradition of musical plays started.
Historical themes and social problems were presented through these plays.
The popular plays by Acharya Atre like Udyacha Sansar, Gharabaher helped the Marathi theatre to sustain through a temporary decline. Vasant Kanetkar, Vishram Bedekar, Acharya Atre, enriched the Marathi theatre.