While Goethe´s ‘Faust’ or plays by Bertolt Brecht are regularly staged in Bangladesh, contemporary German theatre is still widely unknown. Therefore, the institute has launched its latest production Dog, Woman, Man.
Noted theatre activist Reetu Sattar has adapted and directed Dog, Woman, Man by German playwright Sibylle Berg. The play has been translated in English by Neil Blackadder. Dog, Woman, Man captures an unorthodox view of a relationship between two people: a dog describes the strange behaviour of the woman and the man who literally cling together even though they can scarcely stand one another.
When they meet for the first time the dog runs up to them and from then on stays because – like them – it has nothing to lose, because – like them – it seeks shelter in a warm apartment. That would be enough for the dog as a way out of loneliness, and master and mistress could also have been pleased not to wake up alone any longer, but human beings don’t appreciate such simple ideas. After a brief period of devoting loving attention to one another, human behaviour returns: love becomes a claim to possession, closeness is replaced by suspicion and alienation and the duo finally splits.
The three characters are played by Samina Lutfa Mitra, Shahadat Hussain and Shahriar Ferdous.
The play, which is in English language, was premiered on May 20; however, the institute is holding shows on every Tuesdays to Saturdays till May 31. Tickets are available at Goethe-Institut at a rate of Tk 200 in advance and Tk 300 for box office sale.
-With New Age input
