TUMI DAAK DIYECHO KON SAKAALE

• BENGALI CULTURE, BENGALI THEATRE, BENGALI LITERATURE AND THE BENGALI LANGUAGE ARE VERY RICH FIELDS WITH RICH TRADITIONS, AND THESE ARE ALL BROUGHT TO BEAR ON THE PRODUCTIONS OF THE BENGALI STAGE. IN SOME PLACES AND UP TO A CERTAIN POINT THIS IS ALL VERY FINE, BUT WHEN THE CONTENT AND THE CONTEXT IS MORE CONTEMPORARY, THEN THEY CAN BE OUT OF PLACE IN SUCH PRODUCTIONS. IN THIS PLAY FOR INSTANCE, WHAT WAS THE NEED TO TURN REGULAR, DAILY LIFE SPEECH INTO A SOPHISTICATED, LITERARY LANGUAGE? WHEN COLLEGE STUDENTS SPEAK, ITS OBVIOUS THAT THEY WILL USE THE LANGUAGE OF EVERYDAY GIVE AND TAKE. WHERE THE LANGUAGE OF THE ACTOR AND THE LANGUAGE OF THE PLAY ARE THE SAME, WHERE THE ACTOR SPEAKS MORE AS HIMSELF THAN THE CHARACTER, THEN ONLY THE LITERATURE IS VISIBLE, NOT THE PERFORMANCE.

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