Curtains down!

After four days of drama and delight, curtains came down today at the Punjabi Theater Festival, with a stage adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy King Lear enthralling audience on the last day. 

Over four days stage adaptations of memorable stories written by the likes of Shakespeare, Arthur Miller and Kashmiri Lal Zakir were put together by artists with a tinge of Punjabi. The classic King Lear was adapted in Punjabi under the direction of Kewal Dhaliwal.  Presented by Delhi government’s Department of Art, Culture & Languages, Punjabi Academy, Govt of NCT and the Punjabi University, Patiala, the Punjabi Theatre Festival depicted the historic and rich cultural heritage of Punjab.

Every evening at the Sriram Centre for Art and Culture, an enthusiastic audience gathered together to experience some profound stories on the stage told in Punjabi.  ‘We are extremely satisfied with the way the festival turned out and was deeply appreciated by theater lovers,’ said Dr. Rawail Singh, Secretary, Punjabi Academy. 

Among the plays that featured in the festival were Oh Lok jo ruke reh gai, an adaptation of Miller’s A Memory of Two Mondays. Another play that was performed during the festival was Karmawali: A Journey 1947, an adaptation of Kashmiri Lal Zakir’s novel depicting the life of a woman in the backdrop of partition of India. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet directed by Partho Bandhopadhyay was also be adapted in Punjabi and staged.