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Theatre Art Unit presents

Thel50th show of Court Martial

Cultural Correspondent
In Bangladesh, very few stage plays have crossed the 150th show milestone. After premier show of SM Solaiman's play Court Martial on March 4, 1993 at the Mahila Samity Stage, Theatre Art Unit has staged its 150th show on November 5, 2004 at the same venue.
Explaining the reason for staging Court Martial, the chief of Theatre Art Unit , Rokea Rafiq Baby said, 'After the premier show of Court Martial, we regularly staged it till 2001. After the death of our founding member SM Solaiman in 2001, we temporarily discontinued staging the play. But, we believe that Court Martial is still popular with the audience. That is why, besides our other popular productions, we have decided to stage Court Martial. Initially, we faced a problem, as the director of the play—SM Solaiman— is no more with us. In his absence, M Bari has donned the mantle of director.’
Baby points out that several other theatrical groups are staging Court Martial as their regular production.
Solaiman has adapted Salil Sarkar’s translation of Swadcs Dipak's original play Court Martial. The drama confronts the audience with a question: is it possible for human beings to avoid inherent jealousy or cruelty? As an answer to this question, in Court Martial the playwright has tried to find out the truth from the most disciplined institution of a nation- the army.
In Marathi playwright Sawdesh
Dipak’s original Hindi play, he focused on the caste issue of the Hindu community while recreating a court martial scene of a lower caste soldier. The crime: the murder of a high caste officer and the injury of an army major.
However, SM Solaiman's Court Martial is based on a sensitive issue of our freedom struggle- the plight of the children of the Biranganas (die violated women) and the rehabilitation of the children of the Pakistani collaborators after the Liberation War.
In the play, Colonel finally passes the death sentence on the soldier, the son of a Birangana, who killed an officer and injured another major for insulting his mother.
The director of the play has tried to create a typical court atmosphere on
the stage. Sometimes, his approach to the court martial is a little exaggerated.
Replicated Army uniform designed by Rima Rafiq has been used as the costume of the play.
Hamayet Hossain Tapan has created a courthouse by using a few chairs-tables and two witness boxes on the stage.
Thandu Raihan's light design is simple. His colour composition using blue light from the top to emphasise the soldier's hanging at the end of die play was appropriate.
Shimul as Captain Ratna performed better than others. However, M Bari as Colonel Rabbi, Selim Mahbub as Major Mahmud and Izaz as Major F A Khan had the potential to make the play more interesting.