To observe the 450th birth anniversary of the world’s greatest playwright, William Shakespeare, a three-day event of Bhopal Shakespeare Fest as ‘Shakespearena’ is being organised by Club literati.
The Bhopal Shakespeare Fest began here on Tuesday and would continue till Thursday. Workshops and seminars on Shakespeare would be conducted for the school students.
On Tuesday a workshop was conducted at Billabong High International School, Bhopal. Under the workshop the students were acquainted with the personality of Shakespeare and his works.
Along with Shakespeare’s personality the students also learned about the way he used to write the plays. Notably, William Shakespeare is considered as one of the greatest playwrights ever. His plays, along with his collection of sonnets, contain unparalleled poetic beauty and his knowledge ishugely diverse.
Further, every play of Shakespeare is related to history in some way or other. His writings are considered as the best scripts of all times to be staged. Further, Nothing like lear, a play based on Shakespeare’s King lear that deals with the life of King lear would be staged here on April 23 i.e. on Wednesday at Bharat Bhavan Auditorium.
The play is adapted and directed by a renowned theatre artiste Rajat Kapoor. Nothing like lear narrates the lifespan of King lear as a father, as a King, as a child, as a clown and more.
Further, a workshop would be conducted on the same day at Sanskar Valley School that would be conducted by Young India Fellow, Prachi Jha from New Delhi.The fest would have a grand finale with a quiz on William Shakespeare. The quiz is especially for the college students and would be held at People’s University.