Swapnadal's much praised drama 'Tringsha Shatabdee' was staged on Saturday at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Segun Bagicha in the capital.
Directed by Zahid Repon, the play is an adaption of Badal Sircar’s work of the same title.
‘Tringsha Shatabdee’ mainly portrayed the genocides that took place at different times in the world through the interrogations of some historical characters.
It also addresses the Liberation War of Bangladesh, Bosnia-Palestine and Afghanistan-Iraq war along with the recent brutal killings in Kuwait-Tunisia-Yemen-Syria-Turkey, Myanmar, Gulshan terror attack and recent Russia-Ukraine war among others.
They also portrayed the torture and the humiliation of teachers which took place in recent times. Apart from the staging of the play the event also includes – The Hiroshima-Nagasaki tragedy-based anti-war Poster, Photograph, and Installation Art Exhibition and a Film Projection session.
These segments took place in the lobby of the Experimental Theatre Hall from 5 pm.
From 7pm, the audience recieved paper cranes which will be distributed in remembrance of a Japanese child named Sadako Sasaki who was a bomb victim during the Hiroshima-Nagasaki tragedy. Later on, a brief anti-war discussion took place right before the start of the 120th staging of ‘Tringsha Shatabdee’.
Presided over by Chairman of Shishu Academy Lucky Inam, State Minister of Cultural Affairs KM Khalid attended the event as the chief guest while Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori and Ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan Shahabuddin Ahmad was present as special guests.
