Prangonemor, a troupe famed for the depiction of Tagore plays, has brought a brand new play titled Condemned Cell which is based on the Liberation War. The play will be premiered tomorrow at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on April 1 at 7pm.
The troupe asserts that the story and all the characters of the play are imaginary. However, the playwright’s effort to depict the most glorious event of our national history - the Liberation War of 1971 - rooted in some scattered horrifying scenes where the occupying force, the Pakistan Army and local collaborators carried out mass killing and rape are all based on true stories.
All the events in the play take place inside a condemned cell, a place where only the death-sentence-carrying prisoners live.
Written by Ananta Hira and directed by Awal Reza, the play casts Nuna Afroz, Ananta Hira, Awal Reza, Ramiz Razu, Jahidul Islam, Mainul Touhid and others.
The purpose of bringing out a play like Condemned Cell is to reach out to the audience and depict situations our country went through in 1971.
