Exits and Entrances: Café Alibaba and Other Plays
Author | : Satish Khot |
Publisher | : Notion Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2021-07-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 1639976183 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781639976188 |
Rating | : 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Download or read book Exits and Entrances: Café Alibaba and Other Plays written by Satish Khot and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-07-31 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Café Alibaba: The play explores the friendship, rivalry and angst of four young professionals brought together by the chance of everyday life and the convenient meeting place of a cafe near their bus stop. However, the gentle turbulence in their interaction spirals out of control with unexpected developments - a deep-seated resentment, a knife rashly wielded... Manto and the Dhoban: We are transported to the Partition era: An unsophisticated village girl surprises Manto (the legendary Urdu writer) with her cool strength, spirit and derring-do. Raghu Raghunath: Friendship comes in many hues, with different expectations and varying shelf lives. For Raghu, his partner is "his north, his south, his east and west". Timshel (Thou Mayest!): Life is a drama of complex relationships. But when the dreaded C word intrudes, and death is imminent, it can either get hopelessly even more complicated... or else, is suddenly simplified. Life in the Time of Corona: A trilogy of plays depicting life in these unprecedented, restricted times of the Covid-19 pandemic. Restless and despondent, three couples from different walks of life - a middle-class aging couple, young professionals and spunky millennials - find ways to navigate the obstacle course. Waiting... The play exposes the near-tragic situation of a middle-aged couple who have nothing to live for. They get on each other's nerves in a way that smacks of the acerbic but is also comic. They plan to leave this world with a bang, not a whimper. But whoever said that life is so simple as to go according to plan?