Lending a hand to a theatre activist
Cultural Correspondent
Four shows of The Birthday Party will be staged at Natmandol, DU, starting from today. MA students of the Department of Theatre and Music, DU will stage the shows to lend a hand to Nishat Zia, a theatre activist, recently diagnosed with cancer. As in other works by Pinter, reality is presented as 'enigma' in the three-act play The Birthday Party. 'Uncertainty', 'abruptness' and 'meaningless havoc' in life have been presented in the play. Like other Pinter plays, The Birthday Party can also be interpreted in different ways. Struggle for power is the dominant theme, which in Pinter's view underlies most or all human relationships. The playwright had often set in this theme in more or less unsavoury yet ordinary domestic environments. Dr. Israfil Shahin is the director of the play.
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