Drashta India presents "Moliere" Hindi play by Mikhail Bulgakov at Alliance Francaise, 72, Lodhi Estate > 7pm on 30th September & 1st October 2011
Time : 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Entry : Tickets Rs. 300/- & Rs 200/- (Book your Tickets : 9958878920)
Event Details : Drashta India presents 'Moliere' Hindi play by Mikhail Bulgakov.
Mikhail Bulgakov's 'The Life of Monsieur de Moliere' is uncritical of the great French writer Moliere. Bulgakov feels an affinity with Moliere because he wrote under a totalitarian regime headed by Stalin in Russia and Moliere wrote during the reign of Louis XIV. Although Moliere certainly had much more freedom than Bulgakov did, he still felt the sting of censorship from religious zealots and was often persecuted by those whom he made fun of in his plays, (nobles, doctors, the affected ladies of French society). Bulgakov praises Moliere as the greatest French writer and as one of the greatest comedians ever. Indeed history has proven him correct. Three centuries later Moliere's works are performed in almost every nation in the world.
Many of the details of Moliere's life are unknown and Bulgakov does take Moliere's side wherever there is ambiguity. (For example, many of his enemies have said that Moliere married his own daughter and knew that in fact she was his daughter) Bulgakov refutes this charge as ridiculous and indeed, without proof, it should be discounted. He goes into the intrigue between him and his enemies, the controversies surrounding his satires, his times and personality. The end result is a magical picture of Moliere's France with the splendor and opulence of the period (the reign of Louis XIV). This may not be a masterpiece of world literature but it depicts Moliere in a very interesting way and it's from a writer who felt a special connection with him because of Bulgakov's own troubles with censorship and being ahead of his time. In fact, he refers to Moliere as a wolf of his time, the same image he speaks of himself in one of his poems about how he was hounded; which makes this a splendid exposition of one literary wolf by another...
Translation and Direction : Rajesh Bali
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Entry : Tickets Rs. 300/- & Rs 200/- (Book your Tickets : 9958878920)
Place : M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003
Landmark : Next to Annexe building of India International Centre
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Mikhail Bulgakov's 'The Life of Monsieur de Moliere' is uncritical of the great French writer Moliere. Bulgakov feels an affinity with Moliere because he wrote under a totalitarian regime headed by Stalin in Russia and Moliere wrote during the reign of Louis XIV. Although Moliere certainly had much more freedom than Bulgakov did, he still felt the sting of censorship from religious zealots and was often persecuted by those whom he made fun of in his plays, (nobles, doctors, the affected ladies of French society). Bulgakov praises Moliere as the greatest French writer and as one of the greatest comedians ever. Indeed history has proven him correct. Three centuries later Moliere's works are performed in almost every nation in the world.
Many of the details of Moliere's life are unknown and Bulgakov does take Moliere's side wherever there is ambiguity. (For example, many of his enemies have said that Moliere married his own daughter and knew that in fact she was his daughter) Bulgakov refutes this charge as ridiculous and indeed, without proof, it should be discounted. He goes into the intrigue between him and his enemies, the controversies surrounding his satires, his times and personality. The end result is a magical picture of Moliere's France with the splendor and opulence of the period (the reign of Louis XIV). This may not be a masterpiece of world literature but it depicts Moliere in a very interesting way and it's from a writer who felt a special connection with him because of Bulgakov's own troubles with censorship and being ahead of his time. In fact, he refers to Moliere as a wolf of his time, the same image he speaks of himself in one of his poems about how he was hounded; which makes this a splendid exposition of one literary wolf by another...
Translation and Direction : Rajesh Bali
Related Events : Theatre | HindiUrduPlays
Drashta India presents "Moliere" Hindi play by Mikhail Bulgakov at Alliance Francaise, 72, Lodhi Estate > 7pm on 30th September & 1st October 2011
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