This play marks a turning point for the group. The bulk of scripting
was done by members of the group and the cause was in our immediate
surroundings. Aroused by newspaper/magazine reports of witch burning,
the group - helped by the women’s group, SHAKTISHALINI, pursued many
such cases and came up with this production dealing with the phenomenon
of witch burning, women being burnt as witches to serve varying
interests of patriarchal systems. To stress the universality of such
exploitation we interacted with Dekker’s (late Renaissance) The Witch of
Edmonton. Shows at SRC apart, this play was taken to many colleges in
agreement with them. The British Council too commissioned a show of this
play in February '97.
Direction: Sanjay Kumar
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