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ABSTRACT This essay uses Roman Ingarden’s concept of Nebentext to study the semiotic function of the textual stage directions in Girish Karnad’s play Hayavadana. Approaching the Nebentext as the signifier and the mind of the audience/reader as the space where the signified is formed, this essay will study the stage directions in Hayavadana to see as to how the play text can function as a medium to convey Karnad’s theatrical perception and suggest the performance potential of the play. It tries to unravel the technique by which Karnad creates scope for reader’s/audience’s participation thereby widening the role of the Nebentext.

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