This Sunday, I went along with a friend to Alliance Francaise de Delhi on Lodhi Road, where cultural events are regularly held. The plan was to get away from the corporate scene for a bit and and take in some art. We decided to catch up a play, The Big B by the Pierrot's Troupe.
The play was heavily based on Munshi Premchand's Bade BhaiSahab, though the presentation had a very anglicized flavor. There were only 3 characters and the setting was the same throughout, the room shared by the two brothers around whom the story revolved. It was shown in flashback punctuated now and then by monologues by the protagonist who was an old man taking a walk down the memory lane. He was reminiscing about his school days when he used to share a room in the city with his brother who, though 5 yrs elder to him, was just 3 yrs senior to him at school. The play was a journey over the next couple of yrs as the brothers came closer. In class! :)
Some incidents were lifted straight from the original story , infact even some dialogues. Those turned out to be more entertaining than the rest. The acting was above average which made for a decent watch even though we had to pretend we hadn't heard the jokes before...
There is another review published in hindu which favors the play more than mine does. Check it out at http://www.hinduonnet.com/fr/2007/04/27/stories/2007042701330300.htm
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