Prison And Theatre

A noted theatre artiste arrested by the Lucknow police last month amid Citizenship Amendment Act protests walked out of prison on bail this morning. Deepak Kabir, who was taken into custody after he went to a police station to enquire about his detained friends, has been charged with rioting and attempted murder.

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In Karnataka, a theatre director based in Mysuru has been working with prisoners serving life sentences for the past 17 years. Part of the convicts' repertoire in dramatics is Maaranayaka, a Kannada adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play, Macbeth.

A tailor by profession, A K Hangal was an active participant in the freedom struggle and spent three years in prison in his native Pakistan. Moving to Mumbai soon after Partition, he joined Indian People's Theatre Association along with Balraj Sahni and Kaifi Azmi.

Fifteen men darted across the room, their faces slathered in greasepaint, reciting lines from "Tartuffe." The stage, such as it was, was a low-ceilinged recreation room and the cast was a troupe of felons who had just stepped in from the dusty yard of the California Rehabilitation Center.For four hours, they conducted workshops under the direction ...

A noted theatre artiste arrested by the Lucknow police last month amid Citizenship Amendment Act protests walked out of prison on bail this morning. Deepak Kabir, who was taken into custody after he went to a police station to enquire about his detained friends, has been charged with rioting and attempted murder.

Tom Cruise return as Ethan Hunt in latest Mission: Impossible chapter, the sixth season of the Netflix Litchfield prison dramedy, and other things to enjoy this weekend.

In Karnataka, a theatre director based in Mysuru has been working with prisoners serving life sentences for the past 17 years. Part of the convicts' repertoire in dramatics is Maaranayaka, a Kannada adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play, Macbeth.

A tailor by profession, A K Hangal was an active participant in the freedom struggle and spent three years in prison in his native Pakistan. Moving to Mumbai soon after Partition, he joined Indian People's Theatre Association along with Balraj Sahni and Kaifi Azmi.

Fifteen men darted across the room, their faces slathered in greasepaint, reciting lines from "Tartuffe." The stage, such as it was, was a low-ceilinged recreation room and the cast was a troupe of felons who had just stepped in from the dusty yard of the California Rehabilitation Center.For four hours, they conducted workshops under the direction ...