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William Shakespeare goes colourfully 'desi'

New Delhi: Literature, clashing cultures and global performance genres merge quaintly on the Indian stage, riding on legendary 16th century playwright William Shakespeare's works at the National School of Drama's annual theatre fest here.The fortnight-long

India TV News Desk Published : Jan 18, 2013 15:31 IST, Updated : Jan 19, 2013 6:47 IST


The production Indianised the performance without digressing from its original elements. Kalaripayatu - the native martial dance of Kerala - was used to good effect.



"Before making the performance text, we had a clear cut idea about death - and the difference between body death and mind death. It is a scientific thing, the time period when you can see people but you can't respond. It gives us a certain language to perform. All things appear dreamy," Thrissur-based Abhimanyu told IANS.

The young director has used spiritual symbols like flowers, milk, blood and corn stalk to sow the seeds of doubt in Othello's mind in a simulation of Indian "tantrik" rituals that are enacted in a stylised theatrical language.

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