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He was primarily an actor in Bengali theatre , where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre , when he founded the "Little Theatre Group" in This group enacted many English, Shakespearean and Brecht plays, in a period now known as the "Epic theatre" period, before it immersed itself completely in highly political and radical theatre.

His plays became an apt vehicle for the expression of his Marxist ideologies, visible in socio-political plays such as Kallol , Manusher Adhikar , Louha Manob , Tiner Toloar and Maha-Bidroha. Utpal Dutta was born into a Bengali family on 29 March in Barisal.

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His father was Girijaranjan Dutta. After initial schooling at St. Edmund's School, Shillong , he completed Matriculation from St. Xavier's Collegiate School , Kolkata in Xavier's College, Calcutta , University of Calcutta in Though he was active primarily in Bengali theatre, he started his career in English theatre. As a teenager in the s, he developed his passion and craft in English theatre, which resulted in the establishment of "The Shakespeareans" in This so impressed Geoffrey Kendal and Laura Kendal parents of the actress Jennifer Kendal , who led the itinerant "Shakespeareana Theatre Company", that they immediately hired him, and he did two year-long tours with them across India and Pakistan, enacting Shakespeare's plays, first —49 and later —54; and was acclaimed for his passionate portrayal of Othello.