Maachi
“Maachi” has been adapted from “The Flies” (original “Les Mouches” in French) by Jean Paul Sartre, written in 1943. The play starts with Orestes’ quest to find his true-self and ends on his existential decision of defiance and sacrifice. In a locale where plague reigns supreme, flies scourge guilt ridden humans, sordid imagery haunts the milieu, saviours need somewhere to belong to and sadistic gods seek hideouts to eavesdrop, Sartre’s version of the Electra-myth comes to life. Continuing the tradi
Maachi
“Maachi”
has been adapted from “The Flies” (original “Les Mouches” in French) by Jean
Paul Sartre, written in 1943. The play starts with Orestes’ quest to find his
true-self and ends on his existential decision of defiance and sacrifice. In a
locale where plague reigns supreme, flies scourge guilt ridden humans, sordid imagery
haunts the milieu, saviours need somewhere to belong to and sadistic gods seek
hideouts to eavesdrop, Sartre’s version of the Electra-myth comes to life.
Continuing the tradition of reworking of ancient Greek myths in the
pro-holocaust scientific age, Sartre uses myth of Electra to incorporate his
existential themes into The Flies for modern audience.
Credits
Back Stage- Kaushik Ghosal
Scenography- Debesh Chattopadhyay
Music- Shreyan Chattopadhyay
Light- Soumen Chakraborty
Make-up- MD. Ali
Costume- Anik Ghosh and Rajib Bardhan
Music Operation- Anindya Nandy
Playwright- Jean Paul Sartre
Produced by- Pancham Vaidik
Direction and translation- Arpita Ghosh
Cast
Shyamal Chakraborty
Shantanu Bhattacharjee ( Gambhira)
Monalisa Chatterjee
Tomali Choudhury
Shyamashis Pahari
Debkamal Mondal
Abhra Mukherjee
Anirban Roy Choudhury
Korak Samanta
Anik Ghosh
Maachi
Shyamal Chakraborty
Shantanu Bhattacharjee ( Gambhira)
Monalisa Chatterjee
Tomali Choudhury
Shyamashis Pahari
Debkamal Mondal
Abhra Mukherjee
Anirban Roy Choudhury
Korak Samanta
Anik Ghosh
Pratha Roy Nandi
Rudradeep Mandal
Bihan Mondal
Sreejata Bhattacharjee
Arnab Sengupta
Naresh Majumder
Sanhita Banerjee
Priyanka Saha
Rita Mondal
Soma Rakshit
Sumita Ganguly
Keka Nandi
Roomela BAsu
Susmita Dutta