Abhishek Majumdar’s play Desdemona Rupakam is a mix of Shakespeare, feminism and traditional art
The Hindu
The play, featuring musicians MD Pallavi and Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy, will be staged in Ranga Shankara on April 10 and 11
Desdemona Rupakam, directed by playwright Abhishek Majumdar, is a concert theatre piece that examines feminist narratives within Shakespeare’s Othello and traditional Indian mythologies. The play, which will be staged in Ranga Shankara on April 10 and 11, looks at a scenario in Desdemona’s (Othello’s wife) life if she had made her choices and voiced her views on what is happening around her. It questions the absence of female voices that could have provided a deeper insight of Desdemona's life. Performed by musicians MD Pallavi and Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy, the play has Hindustani , Carnatic and folk music. Pallavi and Bindhumalini also wrote the play with Abhishek, Veena Appiah and Irawati Karnik. The play also comprises Tishani Doshi’s poetry. Live sound artist Nikhil Nagaraj has helmed the sound design of this play which will have a lot of music.More Related News
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