MEDIA-BASED THEATRE DOCUMENTATION: A PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF “ERENDIRA’S METAMORPHOSIS” AS A RECORDED THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE

Abstract [English]

This article studies “Eréndira’s Metamorphosis” as a recorded theatrical experience. The production was conceptualised, designed and directed by Dr. Mrinal Jyoti Goswami and presented by AANK_A Creative Line. It is based on Gabriel García Márquez’s novella The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother. Using qualitative performance analysis, the study examines how the recorded video preserves, changes and re-presents the stage event. The discussion focuses on the performer’s body, the meta-narrator, the white net-like tent, masks, props, lighting, sound, camera framing and the visual rhythm of the performance. The paper argues that the video is not merely a record of a past theatre event. It creates a new viewing condition in which theatre reaches the spectator through screen, frame and recorded sound. The live audience experienced space, presence and shared atmosphere directly; the online viewer receives these elements through camera distance, visual selection and repeatable access. The article also reads the work through postdramatic theatre, intertextual dramaturgy and documentation studies. It shows that media-based documentation keeps the memory of the performance active while producing a different form of spectatorship. The study concludes that recorded theatre can become significant research material for contemporary Assamese theatre, performance pedagogy and digital archiving.