Bhopal (play)
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Bhopal is a play by Canadian playwright Rahul Varma
about the Bhopal disaster
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. It used a non-realistic, live music, minimalist set and a chorus.
It was translated into Hindi
as Zahreeli Hawa in 2003 by translator/director Habib Tanvir
.
It was produced by Cahoots Theatre Projects in 2003 at the Theatre Centre in Toronto, directed by Guillermo Verdecchia. The set consisted of a wall of dirty rags and sand on the floor.
It was translated into French in 2005 by translator Paul Lefebvre and performed at Theatre Periscope in Quebec City and in Montreal at the Espace Libre. Directed by Philippe Soldevilla. Eight actors performed all the rolls with doubling
and with added dance. The set was made up of wooden blocks moved into different configurations.
Rahul Varma
Rahul Varma is a Canadian playwright.He attended college at the University of Lucknow, and moved to Canada in 1976. He co-founded Teesri Duniya Theatre in 1981, and became its Artistic Director in 1986. He began Teesri Duniya's quarterly magazine, alt.theatre, in 1998...
about the Bhopal disaster
Bhopal disaster
The Bhopal disaster also known as Bhopal Gas Tragedy was a gas leak incident in India, considered one of the world's worst industrial catastrophes. It occurred on the night of December 2–3, 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India...
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Production History
It premiered in 2001 produced by Teesri Duniya and directed by Jack LangedijkJack Langedijk
Jack Langedijk is a Canadian theatre director and actor.Langedijk received an acting education at Concordia University in Montreal and Sheridan College in Ontario. After graduation, he established a theatre company of his own and directed many plays, often by Shakespeare.Apart from his work at the...
. It used a non-realistic, live music, minimalist set and a chorus.
It was translated into Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
as Zahreeli Hawa in 2003 by translator/director Habib Tanvir
Habib Tanvir
Habib Tanvir was one of the most popular Indian Urdu, Hindi playwrights, a theatre director, poet and actor. He is the writer of plays such as, Agra Bazar and Charandas Chor...
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It was produced by Cahoots Theatre Projects in 2003 at the Theatre Centre in Toronto, directed by Guillermo Verdecchia. The set consisted of a wall of dirty rags and sand on the floor.
It was translated into French in 2005 by translator Paul Lefebvre and performed at Theatre Periscope in Quebec City and in Montreal at the Espace Libre. Directed by Philippe Soldevilla. Eight actors performed all the rolls with doubling
Doubling
Doubling may refer to:*in math:**multiplication by 2**doubling the cube, a geometric problem**doubling time, the period of time required for a quantity to double in size or value**doubling map**period-doubling bifurcation***in music:...
and with added dance. The set was made up of wooden blocks moved into different configurations.