 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 28: On the second day of the ongoing 11th Natrang Theatre Festival in connection with the celebrations of Natrang's 35 glorious years, Natrang presented a new play 'Bishop's Candlesticks' written by Norman Mckinnel and directed by Neeraj Kant, at Natrang Studio Theatre Jammu. The play dramatically depicts how the love and the compassion of the Bishop brought about a change of heart in a convict and turned him into a man of promise for a good life. The plot of the play revolves around a story that brings forth the themes of Religious virtues like love and redemption. The Bishop was a kind-hearted man who being a true Christian was also an ardent humanist. Even after selling all, he had, for others, he felt sorry that he could do so little whereas the world had so much suffering. He sold his saltcellars and gave the money to Mere Gringoire so that the latter might pay his rent to the bailiff. His sister, Persome was however a worldly woman, neither as self-less as her brother nor so noble. She did not like her brother to live for others and not for himself. She thought that people took an unfair advantage of his charitable nature.
The artists who performed in the play included Manoj Kumar Lalotra, Aarti Devi, Simran Singh, Adil Khan, Bhrigu Sharma and Manavdeep Singh. The lights of the play were designed and executed by Neeraj Kant and the music was scored by Sushant Singh Charak. The presentations were done by Vrinda Sharma and the show was coordinated by Mohd. Yaseen.
On the third day of Natrang Theatre Festival i.e, 29th April, 2019, Sadat Hasan Manto's play 'Karwat' will be showcased under the direction of Neeraj Kant at 5 pm at Natrang Studio Theatre, Jammu. |
