Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Tamil novel adapted

The Hindu : Entertainment Chennai / Theatre : Doing wonders with space: "ON FEBRUARY 24, 25 and 26 The Madras Players, in association with MTC Productions (a theatre production company that Mithran Devanesen started eighteen years ago) will be presenting Mercy at the Museum Theatre. Mercy is an intensely compressed, 70-minute stage adaptation of Sivasankari's novel ``Karunai Kolai,' literally, mercy killing. P. C. Ramakrishna, who wrote the script for a one-person performance, first translated the novel into English from the Tamil original with the backdrop of soul stirring Carnatic singing from Gayathri Venkatraghavan. . "

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

fantastic music

Anonymous said...

gayathri Venkatraghavan is a revelation--what a voice!