Sheikh Arif Bulbon :
Theatre troupe Swapnadal staged a special show of its anti-war production
Tringsha Shatabdee at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
in the city’s Segunbagicha area recently.
Zahid Repon, director of the play, has adapted the script from the work
of Indian playwright Badal Sarkar.
While talking about staging of the play, Zahid Repon, Chief of the troupe, said,
“Since its inception in 2001, Swapnadal has been staging its first production
Tringsha Shatabdee as a protest against war. As a country of communal harmony, Bangladesh has a long history and we do not want any vandalism in the country
anymore in the name of religion. Through Tringsha Shatabdee, we want
to remind the theatre-lovers and the peace-loving people about our
own philosophy of secularism and peace.”
A narrator opens the play raising questions about the war and seeking the trial
of the war-criminals. He interrogates some historical characters such as Einstein
(who invented the theory of atom bomb), Maj Fereby (the pilot of the aircraft that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima), and Maj Claude Itharby (who carried the nuclear bomb to Nagasaki and later became insane on his realisation of the crime).
In addition, he has raised questions about contemporary brutal war waged
by the American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. And through a replicated
military exercise, he has depicted the nuclear activities by the global superpowers.
In a transformation, the narrator of the play becomes a character,
namely Suman who wants the trial of war criminals who acted
against the country’s Liberation War during 1971.
From here on, the play turns itself into the context of Bangladesh
and throws light on the war criminals.
Suman manages to collect some evident against a few war criminals after
his successive endeavours. But, all his efforts are nipped in the bud
when these criminals take safe shelter under the shade of politics.
As the story progresses, Suman goes insane when he comes to
know about the real picture of the war punishment.
For the play, Zahid Repon will play a few roles, including those
of the narrator and protagonist of the play.
Apart from him, the probable cast of the play includes Mitul Chowdhury,
Sonali Rahman Julie, Asif Istiar, Fazle Rabbi, Zebun-nesa Alo, Hasan Rezaul, Shishir Sikder, Rakib Hossain, Amjad Sharif, Samad Bhuinya, Al-Amin
and Zia-ul Hasan, among others.
The set, props and costume of the play was designed by Zahid Repon,
Jueyana Shabnam and Rownak Labani. n
Theatre troupe Swapnadal staged a special show of its anti-war production
Tringsha Shatabdee at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
in the city’s Segunbagicha area recently.
Zahid Repon, director of the play, has adapted the script from the work
of Indian playwright Badal Sarkar.
While talking about staging of the play, Zahid Repon, Chief of the troupe, said,
“Since its inception in 2001, Swapnadal has been staging its first production
Tringsha Shatabdee as a protest against war. As a country of communal harmony, Bangladesh has a long history and we do not want any vandalism in the country
anymore in the name of religion. Through Tringsha Shatabdee, we want
to remind the theatre-lovers and the peace-loving people about our
own philosophy of secularism and peace.”
A narrator opens the play raising questions about the war and seeking the trial
of the war-criminals. He interrogates some historical characters such as Einstein
(who invented the theory of atom bomb), Maj Fereby (the pilot of the aircraft that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima), and Maj Claude Itharby (who carried the nuclear bomb to Nagasaki and later became insane on his realisation of the crime).
In addition, he has raised questions about contemporary brutal war waged
by the American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. And through a replicated
military exercise, he has depicted the nuclear activities by the global superpowers.
In a transformation, the narrator of the play becomes a character,
namely Suman who wants the trial of war criminals who acted
against the country’s Liberation War during 1971.
From here on, the play turns itself into the context of Bangladesh
and throws light on the war criminals.
Suman manages to collect some evident against a few war criminals after
his successive endeavours. But, all his efforts are nipped in the bud
when these criminals take safe shelter under the shade of politics.
As the story progresses, Suman goes insane when he comes to
know about the real picture of the war punishment.
For the play, Zahid Repon will play a few roles, including those
of the narrator and protagonist of the play.
Apart from him, the probable cast of the play includes Mitul Chowdhury,
Sonali Rahman Julie, Asif Istiar, Fazle Rabbi, Zebun-nesa Alo, Hasan Rezaul, Shishir Sikder, Rakib Hossain, Amjad Sharif, Samad Bhuinya, Al-Amin
and Zia-ul Hasan, among others.
The set, props and costume of the play was designed by Zahid Repon,
Jueyana Shabnam and Rownak Labani. n
