Dramatised Reading Of YOU SHALL GIVE ME GRANDSONS at Max Mueller Bhavan, Mumbai...
August 22, 2018 5:35:58 PM IST MTG editorial
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhaven Mumbai and Tamaasha Theatre have collaborated for a series of dramatised readings of translated scripts of contemporary German plays. The series is titled ‘Das Schauspiel’. Each of these script readings will be directed by young theatre directors from Mumbai under the mentorship of Sunil Shanbag.
The second play to be read under this series is YOU SHALL GIVE ME GRANDSONS by Thomas Jonigk.
This dramatised reading has been directed by Sheena Khalid.
About the play: A mother tries to persuade her son to marry and fulfill her desire for family growth and continuing lineage. However the sociology student in his 27th semester is attracted only to men. None of the pressures his mother creates show any effect. Then a Catholic priest presents an overly thick, wife-to-be for the son with the biblical name Maria. The son is ready to commit to a childless marriage on the condition of being allowed to escape from the family's restrictions. But the mother relentlessly demands grandchildren. Adding to their woes are the complicated familial ties and the quirks of each individual.
About Thomas Jonigk: Thomas Jonigk was born in 1966 in Eckernförde. As director, dramaturg and influential author of his generation he writes novels, librettos, plays and screenplays and worked at several important theaters such as the Schauspielhaus of Vienna and the Berliner Volksbühne.
His works have been translated into various languages. In 2009, Jonigk and the translator Bernard Banoun won the Prix Amphi for the best non-French novel, Vierzig Tage (Forty days, 2006), which was rendered into French. Five years later his thrilling book Liebesgeschichte (Lovestory) came out at Droschl.
According to the German weekly Der Spiegel, Jonigk deals with all topics by means of drastic wit.
Date: Saturday, 1st September 2018 Time: 6.30 pm. Venue: Max Mueller Bhavan Library, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai.
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