Abstract
This is a condensed and annotated version of a conversation that took place between Bratya Basu (1969–), playwright and director, and Minister of Education of the Indian state of West Bengal, and Milinda Banerjee, on 4 July 2022. The original conversation was in Bengali; a translation is offered below. The dialogue focused primarily on Basu’s play Hridipash (2016), a Bengali adaptation of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, designed to explore the tragedy of the Partition of India in 1947. However, other plays by Basu also entered the discussion, especially Creusa, the Queen (2019), a Bengali adaptation of Euripides’ Ion.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 537-543 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Political Theology |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 25 Nov 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 25 Nov 2022 |