Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 7: William Shakespeare’s world play ‘Twelfth Night’ in Hindustani was staged this evening by Natrang here at Abhinav Theatre.
The play was adapted and directed by Aarushi Thakur Rana and its presentation was powered by Airtel.
Dr MK Bhandari, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, was the chief guest on the occasion. The occasion was also graced by Shaleen Kabara, Chief Electoral Officer, J&K Government.
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Twelfth Night is William Shakespeare’s most famous comedy with a twist. The comedy hinges on mistaken identity and role reversal. Romance and the Comic fade into each other by almost insensible gradations, and the greatest beauty of a poetical work often consists in the harmonious blending of these two elements. This comedy, devises a romantic plot, misplaced passions and mistaken identity.
The story revolves around the central character of Viola, shipwrecked and in search of her missing twin Sabastian. For protection, she disguises herself as a young man (Cesario) and seeks employment in the household of Duke Orsino.
The Duke offers employment to Viola in return of the favour of wooing Princess Olivia, rejecting previously made advances by the Duke as she mourns the death of her brother. In an unforeseen turn of events Viola falls for Duke Orsino and Oliva falls for Viola disguised as the male Cesario.
The story unfolds to more confusion when Olivia sends Malvolio her pompous steward after Viola to give her a ring, pretending Viola left it behind. On receiving the ring, Viola realises that Olivia loves her but decides the situation is too complex for her to untie.
The actors who mesmerized the audiences with their marvelous acting included Mahikshit Singh, Sunny Mujoo, Gauri Thakur, Jyoti Kant Sharma, Brijesh Avtar Sharma, Gopi Sharma, Goutam Sharma, Abhi Bargotra, Vrinda Sharma, Moses Marton, Haq Nawaz, Afaque Khan, Akshit Koul, Shray Bakshi, Aryaman Gupta, Sanket Bhagat, Mihir Gujral and Simran Verma.
The lights of the play was designed and executed by Sachin Saini and Pankaj Sharma. The sound was looked after by Bhisham Gupta and Lokesh Chander. The sets were designed by Pranshu Kabra.
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