On Sunday, Marathi dramatist Annasaheb Kirloskar’s legendary musical Sangeet Saubhadra will come alive on stage at the University of Pune’s (UoP) Namdev Sabhagriha. Only this time, the play will be in English metrical verse instead of Hindustani classical songs.
In perhaps the first ever performance of the 1944 English translation of Saubhadra by S B Talekar, the UoP’s Department of English along with the Maharashtriya Kalopasak has organised a play reading of the same, aimed at both Marathi and non-Marathi audiences in Pune.
Saubhadra, written by Kirloskar in 1883, set the trend for the Marathi theatre form of ‘Sangeet Natak’ or musical plays. The play is a romantic comedy based on mythological characters from the Mahabharata. Focusing on the social theme of love marriage, the play depicts the story of Arjuna and Subhadra who get together despite her brother Balram’s efforts to get her married to his pupil Duryodhana, thanks to a little help from Krishna.
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In perhaps the first ever performance of the 1944 English translation of Saubhadra by S B Talekar, the UoP’s Department of English along with the Maharashtriya Kalopasak has organised a play reading of the same, aimed at both Marathi and non-Marathi audiences in Pune.
Saubhadra, written by Kirloskar in 1883, set the trend for the Marathi theatre form of ‘Sangeet Natak’ or musical plays. The play is a romantic comedy based on mythological characters from the Mahabharata. Focusing on the social theme of love marriage, the play depicts the story of Arjuna and Subhadra who get together despite her brother Balram’s efforts to get her married to his pupil Duryodhana, thanks to a little help from Krishna.
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