Experimental theatrical experience
View(s):‘Romeo Juliet La’, a Sinhala drama, an experimental theatre experience based on world renowned William Shakespeare’s most popular play ‘Romeo Juliet’ will go on the boards at 6.30 pm on August 18 at K. C. P. Hall Kadawatha.
Organised by the University of Kelaniya the play questions some of the fundamental questioned on the world most popular lovers and their creations.
Is Shakespeare’s Juliet the male fantasy of a woman who takes her for the sake of her love? Is Romeo the male fantasy of a woman, prepared to die for the sake of such a woman? Shakespeare talks about Romeo’s love for Rosaline but does not make him an ideal lover. He makes Juliet and ideal lover who has earlier loved none.
why? Is she the male fantasy of a woman made for himself? Why does Shakespeare maneuver Romeo and Juliet into suicide without allowing them to live together? Is it because Shakespeare had known that the beauty of male-female love is perpetuated only by death?
The play gives a novel interpretation to the aged old love story played by Jagath Jayasekara, Nadeeka Bandara, Susantha Pracleep, Aijuna Suminda, Namal Rathnayake, Bandula Rupasinghe, Roshan Milroy, Lahiiu Chathuranga, Kalyani Snyalatha, Prasanna Range, Kasun Jayarathne and Rathnodathi Miyuri. designer is Udaya Chamarasinghe. Dance choreographed by Susantha Pradeep, make up by Buwaneka Kaushalya, costume design for the play ‘Romeo Juliet La’ is by Jagath Jayasekara and Nadeeka Bandara himself.
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