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| Natrang showcases 'Box and Cox' in Sunday Theatre | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 2: English comedy "Box and Cox" staged here today in Natrang's weekly Sunday Theatre series.
Written by a nineteenth century English playwright John Maddison Morton, the play was directed by Balwant Thakur. John Maddison adapted this from a French Farce in the year 1847 and was first staged as a comic opera in 1867.
In this story there are three main characters namely John Box who is a printer by profession, James Cox a hatter and Bouncer, a lodging house keeper.
Mrs Bouncer has rented the same lodging to Mr Cox who worked during the day and returns to the apartment at night and Mr Box who works during the night and comes to the apartment in morning.
Through this arrangement Mrs Bouncer is earning double rent for the same accommodation.
Mr Box and Mr Cox meet each other in the morning when Mr Cox is leaving and Mr Box is returning. Each has an impression that the other lives in the attic as projected by Mrs Bouncer. Both become annoyed when they find their things such as candles, matches, sugar etc disappearing gradually. Mr Cox is given a holiday unexpectedly by his employer on a day, he returns and is confronted by Mr Box, which is presented in the story in through comic situations. They both claim to be lawful owners of the apartment. Later Mrs Bouncer surprises and shocks them by telling the truth that the apartment belongs to both. Amanpreet Kandhari in her maiden performance as Mrs Bouncer was very impressive and ably maintained an altogether posture. She was supported by two young actors of Natrang viz Vikram Sharma and Balwinder Singh with their vibrant acting energy. The lights were designed and executed by Mohit Sharma. The sets were executed by Pankush Verma and music was done by Rohit Verma. The presentations of the show were done by Rajani Bhatti.
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