• Tuesday, March 19, 2024

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By: Eastern Eye Staff

by Amit Roy ROYAL COURT HOLDS FRESH READING OF PARTAP SHARMA’S ‘BANNED’ PLAY THE Royal Court in London’s Sloane Square last week had a reading of the late Partap Sharma’s play A Touch of Brightness, which it first staged over 50 years ago in 1967, after it had been banned by the authorities in India. The reason given for the ban was the authorities felt that the play, set in a Bombay (now Mumbai) brothel, would damage India’s international standing. It had been picked for a Commonwealth festival in the UK in 1965, but the cast had their pass­ports impounded just…

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