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India’s Rabindranauth Tagore’s work For N.C.C stage

Aditya Persaud

Ajay Baksh

The Dramatic Arts Academy (DAA) is pleased to announce that it will be staging twoplays written by India's renowned Poet and Nobel Laureate, the late Rabindranauth Tagore, on Friday, January 27, 2012 at the National Cultural Centre commencing at19:00hrs. Admission will be free. The plays are in commemoration of his 150th birthanniversary which was observed on August 07, 2011. The Government of India had designated 2011 a year to remember and commemorate the life and works of Tagore.

Chris Gopaul

Derek Gomes

The presentations, which were scheduled for November, last year, were unavoidablypostponed due to National and Regional Elections. However, the DAA notes thatdespite not being able to stage the presentations in the designated year, it feels thatGuyanese should not be robbed of the opportunity to experience the literary skills ofthis prolific writer. The two plays to be staged are “The Trial” and “The King andthe Queen”.

Keisha Narine

Michael Ignatius

“The Trial”, which presents opportunities for humour, examines aspects of powerand greed by a servant who worked in the Palace whilst juxtaposing benevolence anddeprivation. Estimated run time is forty minutes. “The King and the Queen”, withan estimated run time of an hour, can best be described as a drama. It is the story of aman who basically conquered everything within his grasp only to be deficient in lovehis wife should have reciprocated. It shows that war sometimes can have its genesis inthe search for love.

Rajan Tiwari

Rushella Edmondson

Both plays are directed by Neaz Subhan and will feature some of the best Guyaneseactors and actresses. The cast includes, Ajay Baksh, Derek Gomes, Michael Ignatius,Rajan Tiwari, Sonia Yarde, Keisha Narine, Rushella Edmondson, Romel Edmondson,Narda Mohamed, Chris Gopaul, Shameeza Mohamed, Kerimaria Phang, JenifferPersaud, Karicia Couchman, Aditya Persaud and Rupert Singh. In addition to the twoplays, recitation of a Tagore's poem and a dance by the Indian Cultural Centre willform part of the evening's programme.

The DAA would like to reiterate its pleasure for being associated with thepresentations and hopes that Guyanese would take the opportunity to witness a sampleof Tagore's exemplary work. The DAA would like to express its profound gratitude tothe Indian High Commission for its advice and support of this project.

Rabindranauth Tagore was born on May 7, 1861 and died on August 7, 1941. Hebecame the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature.Known mostly for his poetry, he wrote novels, essays, short stories, travelogues,dramas, and thousands of songs. He also composed the National Anthems of Indiaand Bangladesh.

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