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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Mareech The Legend\nEvent Url: http://www.artsbosto
 n.org/event/detail/51891/Mareech_The_Legend\nEvent Date Begin: 2009-11-20
 \nEvent Date End: 2009-11-21\n\nGritty\, ballsy\, wickedly funny and polit
 ically effervescent\, Mareech the Legend is a cult hit in modern Indian dr
 ama. In his cleverly crafted play-within-a-play\, Bengali playwright\, Aru
 n Mukherjee draws parallels between different forms of human exploitation 
 and power politics by transposing the action from a historic setting to co
 ntemporary times.   Mukherjee draws his energizing ideas from many sources
 \, including the great Indian epic\, The Ramayana. Besides providing an in
 triguing character study into Mareech (the demon/master illusionist who to
 ok on the guise of a golden doe to assist Ravana in the abduction of Sita)
  this story also mimics more contemporary\, relevant situations and delves
  into the psyche of oppressed Indian peasants who are manipulated by power
 ful\, class-conscious\, political bigwigs for their own gains. opens by ri
 chly imagining the prelude to one of the most famous scenes in the   That 
 is the great power of Mareech The Legend - that while it is rooted firmly 
 in the past\, its link to the present is explicit.   Told with a m&eacute\
 ;lange of dramatically different\, engaging characters\, all of whom refus
 e to let the play come to its logical conclusion by arguing with the sooth
 sayers who string the narrative along with humor and song. Watch\, as they
  all joust for space to re-live the relevance of an all-too-familiar India
 n epic tale.\n\nStart time: Friday: 7:30 p.m.\nSaturday: 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 
 p.m.
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SUMMARY:Mareech The Legend
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