The theatre has found a niche in the city of lakes and students are also taking keen interest in theatre activities. Notably, the students of Madhya Pradesh School of Drama (MPSD) — under their annual presentation — staged a Parsi play Yahudi Ki ladki here on Friday at MPSD.
The play was written by an eminent Urdu playwright Agha Hashr Kashmiri and was directed by Alopi Verma.The story revolves around religion discriminations and how people forget their limitations due to their ego and false dignity.
The director of the play Alopi Verma said, "It is a Parsi style of theatre presentation but, obviously we have done some modifications as we wanted public to relate the theatre presentation with them." Notably, it is around 125 year old play which reveals the truth of today's prevailing society.
The story features the rivalry between the Roman priest Brutus and the oppressed Jewish merchant, Prince Ezra. Brutus sentences Ezra's son to death and Ezra in turn kidnaps and raises Brutus' only daughter, Rahil.
When the daughter Rahil, grows up, the Roman Prince Marcus falls in love with her. To court her, he disguises his Roman identity. When his religion is discovered, he is ejected from Ezra's house. Ezra ask him to change his religion and turn Jew but, Marcus denies Ezra's condition. Marcus then agrees to marry Princess Tresia as arranged but, Rahil denounces him in open court and he is sentenced to death by his own father, the emperor. To handle this scenario, Tresia convinces Rahil to take back his claim, as love is not about taking revenge.
When Rahil and Ezra respond to Tresia's request and retract their accusations, they in turn are sentenced to death by Brutus. But, finally Brutus come to know about the truth and the step he then takes formed rest of the story.
The audiences enjoyed the first play. They were awestruck with the performance, the set and the lighting presentation as well. All the faculty members of MPSD were also present during the event and appreciated the efforts put in by the students.