Introduction: Performing Islam in South Asia / Ashis Sengupta -- Plays from Bangladesh: At the sound of marching feet = Payer awaj pawa jai / Syed Shamsul Haq ; translated by the author ; Life of Araj = Araj charitamrita / Masum Reza ; translated by Bina Biswas and Sayantan Gupta -- Plays from India: The Djinns of Eidgah / Abhishek Majumdar ; The far-reaching night = Bahur dur tak raat hogi / Zahida Zaidi ; translated by Ameena Kazi Ansari -- Plays from Pakistan: We shall resist = Hum Rokaen Gae / Anwer Jafri ; translated by Sheema Kermani ; Watch the show and move on = Dekh tamasha chalta ban / Shahid Nadeem ; translated by Shuby Abidi.