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The best of the Bard

Shakespearean plays staged in Chittagong

Pranabesh Chakraborty, Chittagong
It is a daunting proposition to stage Shakespearean plays. Credit therefore must go to the students of the Department of English Language and Literature of Premier University, Chittagong who, assisted by their teachers from the department, effectively staged three plays of William Shakespeare, the greatest playwright in the English language, recently.
Marking the 448th birth anniversary of the icon, the department arranged the daylong programme at its seminar hall.
On the occasion, a discussion on the life, work and writing style of William Shakespeare was also held.
Department chairman, Professor Sadat Zaman Khan, chaired the programme.
Professor Quazi Mostain Billah of Chittagong University was present as chief guest. He briefed the gathering on the techniques and style of Shakespearean drama. In his speech Billah said that Shakespearean themes are relevant even today.
“All of us can grasp the essence of Shakespeare as every nuance of human emotions has truly been depicted by the bard," he said.
Extending thanks to the students and teachers for arranging such a programme he said that the crises, which were depicted through the characters in his plays, mirror that in reality.
Shahnaz Parvin Shithy, Assistant Professor of the department, also spoke at the programme.
Assistant Professor Shaibal Dev Roy
coordinated the whole programme.
Assistant Professors Rowshan Jahan Chowdhury, lecturer Syeda Roushan Ara Ysmin and Shantunu Das were the directors of the plays — “King Lear", "Hamlet” and "Othello", which were staged at the programme.
Anindya, Shanta, Tamanna, Rashed, Gausul, Rahnuma, Rakib, Tanjiana and Salma enacted important roles in the
Four soliloquies of Lady Macbeth, Hamlet and Macbeth were also performed by the students. Shebonti, Shantunu, Tamrin played the roles.
Light, music, costume were designed by Mizanur Rahman, Rakibul Kabir, Rajib Chakraborty and Raihanul Islam.
An exhibition on the life and work of the playwright was also held on the occasion.