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| Sartre’s magnum opus ‘In Camera’ creates history | | Annual Drama Festival | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, January 31: The historical endeavour- Jean Paul Sartre’s French play ‘Huis Clos’ translated in English as ‘In Camera’ by Stuart Gilbert, and directed by the ace exponent Vikram Sharma performed in the Drama Festival today-having four central characters enacting a theme of existentialism- the explicit conceptual manifestation of an existential attitude- today generated a roaring rage followed by thundering success of the show.
The yeomen task undertaken by a group of journalists, most of whom being novice to theatre idiom, with their piece of art crafted on proscenium unmistakably left an indelible mark for entire artist genre here to introspect.
And thus history got created also for the occasion being of most significance for a play in English dialect having been performed in Drama Competition for the first time in State theatricals.
The play was a visualized concept of human perception while being in Hell where a threesome of different origin come together by default as they try to establish a metaphor, Hell…….is the other people.
The endeavor in its practicality as translated in English from the French origin had been tried to be maintained at its fullest, yet liberties taken in this context had become essential as per the resources and availability of the infrastructure available to execute the one act establishment of the caliber of Sartre’s conceptualized theme of existentialism.
Vikram Sharma, the creative director of “In Camera” and central character Joseph Garcin in the play turned out to be a real wizard who can tame any art of drama into product of clinical precision since he has proved to be the best among his contemporaries in the field.
Vikram’s self written and directed play Haadsa, Haqeeqat had already made a history by clean sweeping all State Academy awards for the year 2008-09.
Seegar Bhushan, a journalist by profession lay to rest all beliefs about artistic nuances only being possessed with the actors only. She as Inez Serrano roped home thundering applause with an immaculate execution of a character that had needed only ace exponent’s deft handling.
Pallavi Sharma, the Estelle Rigault of the show, another journalist by profession proved her mettle specifically matching the tinge of a perfectionist in dramatics and rose to the occasion impeccably. She added the glitter to the gleam of the hellish sonata.
Rahul Kumar, the official escort in the hell, succeeded beautifully in producing the radiant effect of a Valet who attends to his hellish rituals religiously without conceding to the demands of his visitors. He too deserves kudos for his piece of work crafted to perfection.
As per the stage settings, the ambience was of a hanging set held on lighted beams of black satin that added charm and depth to the strong performance given by the characters on the stage. Direction and set designing was done by Vikram Sharma.
Costume by Seegar and Pallavi and music by Varun Suthra suited the nuance of the drama that held the audience captive throughout.
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