 Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 31: On the concluding day of the ongoing 10th Natrang Theatre Festival in connection with the celebrations of Natrang's 35 glorious years, Natrang presented World Classic 'Riders To The Sea', in Hindi today at its Studio Theatre. The play has been written John Millington Synge and was directed by Neeraj Kant. The engrossing performance proved to be a befitting presentation as the finale of the Theatre Festival.
Natrang has been organising a Theatre Festival of four plays every month since last eleven months in commemoration with the celebrations of 35 eventful years of Natrang.
The play 'Riders To The Sea' was set on an island off the coast of Ireland, begins with Nora bringing in a small bundle with her and telling Cathleen that these may be the clothes of their brother Michael. The young priest told her a body of a drowned man was found at Donegal, and the body might be Michael's. The sisters are scared to open the bundle of clothes because they do not want their mother, Maurya, to know: Michael has been missing for a week and the family had already lost five men to the sea. Maurya is prepared for the funeral for Michael, with whiteboards for his coffin ready at the cottage. Maurya, Nora, and Cathleen discuss the last son, Bartley, who is also planning to go the sea to sell the family horses so they could get some money.
Nora and Cathleen are convinced that Bartley should go to the fair at Galway to sell the animals, Maurya tries to stop him but paying no heed, Bartley changes his clothes, asks his sisters to take care of the sheep, and leaves without receiving any blessings from his mother. |
