Chandigarh, September 22: After an overwhelming response to the opening play JIVITO MRITO in the ongoing Chandigarh Theatre Festival the staging of a play “Piya Behroopiya on second day, enraptured the city art lovers. An adaptation of TWELFTH NIGHT, one of William Shakespeare’s best known romantic comedies theplay, directed by Atul Kumar of The Company Theatre, is a full-throttled take on its original. The play has been translated/adapted by Amitosh Nagpal. The play has been directed by Mr. Atul Kumar, internationally acclaimed director
The play set to the Indian milieu captures the story that in the household of Olivia, two campaigns are being quietly waged – one by the lovesick lord Orsino against the heart of the indifferent Olivia; the other by an alliance of servants and hangers-on against the high-handedness of her steward, the pompous Malvolio. When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet chain of events follows. Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, Twelfth Night combines cruelty with high comedy and the pangs of unrequited love with some of the subtlest poetry and most exquisite songs Shakespeare ever wrote.