LE FOLLE DE CHAILLOT (THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT) | AT A GLANCE | THE PLAY | CAST AND CREDITS |
| LTG, 7 pm, Tue, 12 Jan Bengali, 90 minutes Director: Ashim Das Playwright: Jean Giraudoux |
Chaillor Unmaadinee, The Mad Woman of Chaillot is a poetic satire by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, written in 1943 and first performed in 1945, after his death. The play opens with a group of promoters plotting to tear up Paris to unearth the oil that one of them believes to have located in the neighborhood. These grandiose plans come to the attention of ‘The Madwoman of Chaillot’ who is ostensibly insane but who is soon shown to be the very essence of practical worldly goodness and common sense. She along with other ‘mad’ women of Paris and the underdogs of society thwart the plans of the culprits. One by one, she sends them, lured by the scent of oil and undreamed of riches, into a bottomless pit which opens out of her cellar. This expulsion of the wicked is accompanied by the return of joy, justice and love to the world. | The Waiter/Prospector-3: Pappu The Little Man/Policeman/Adolph Bertaut: Swajan The Vagabond/ Professor/Pierre: Arafat The Prospector: Rahat The President/ Sewer-Man/Press Agent 1: Sujat The Baron/Josephine (The Mad Women Of La Concord)/Lady 2: Utpol The Street Singer/Flower Girl/Lady 3: Saju The Rag Picker/Prospector 2: Jitu The Deaf Mute: Tapos Irma: Polly The Shoelac/Customer/President 2/Press Agent 2/Doorman: Hasib Jardin/Customer/President 3/Press Agent 3/Adolph Bertaut: Ripon Countess Aurelia (The Mad Woman Of Chaillot): Ankhi The Sergeant: Sharnil Mme Constance (The Mad Woman Of Passy)/Customer/Lady 1: Boby Mme Gabrielle (The Mad Woman of Sulpice)/Customer: Borna Set & Properties: Al Nomaan/Sujat/Tapos Paintings Aniket Bhattacharjee/Ripon/Pappu Music Rashed/Saimon Make up Aniket Bhattacharjee/Rahat Hair-style Boby/Polly Production Control Showmen Rudra/Parvej Stage Manager: Tilottoma Sengupta Translation: Kabir Chowdhury [from the English translation by Maurice Valency] Acknowledgements : The Director, Alliance Francaise, Chittagong and Professor Zia Hyder, Department of Dramatics, University of Chittagong. |