Barricade (Bengali drama) explained

Barricade
Characters:An engineer, an author, an artist and a journalist
Setting:1933–1937
Orig Lang:Bengali

Barricade (1975)[1] is Bengali drama written and directed by Utpal Dutt. The drama is set into a revolution time or war time when people's army are fighting against the state army.[2]

Plot

Between 1933 and 1937 Germany saw the rise of Adolf Hitler. This drama is set into that time when Hitler is rising to power.[3] [4] The whole drama is a conversation between different intellectuals and bourgeoisies of the society like an engineer, an author, an artist and a journalist. While the battle is going on in the town, these people just can not stay neutral and have to join any one side.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Obituary: Utpal Dutt. The Independent. 21 December 2012. London. Kuldip. Singh. 21 August 1993.
  2. Web site: Think Fest: Kaleidoscope of Happening India. Goa News. 21 December 2012.
  3. Book: Lina Fruzetti. Ákos Östör. Tarun Mitra. Calcutta Conversations. 21 December 2012. 2003. Orient Blackswan. 978-81-8028-009-2. 154–.
  4. Book: Nandi Bhatia. Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance: Theater and Politics in Colonial and Postcolonial India. 21 December 2012. 20 May 2004. University of Michigan Press. 978-0-472-11263-0. 163–.