Crutcher Colonel at Mahila Samity Mancha today
DL desk
Theatre troupe BotTala will stage the 15th show of their new play Crutcher Colonel, an adaptation of eminent novelist Shahaduzzamans novel with the same title, today at 7pm at the Mahila Samiti in the capitals Baily Road area. Dramatised by Soumya Sarkar and Samina Luthfa Nitra, the play is directed by Mohammad Ali Haider. The play Crutch-er Colonel portrays the life of one of the masterminds of the November 7 coup Colonel Taher, who was executed in 1976. During the Liberation War, a high-achieving officer of the Pakistan army Lieutenant Colonel Taher was appointed the Sector Commander for Sector 11. After liberation, he joined the Bangladesh Army and later on joined at Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal. He was an active player in the events of November 1975 that resulted in General Ziaur Rahman coming to power. After taking charge of the army, Ziaur Rahman tried him in a military court for high treason and murder inside the Dhaka Central Jail, and executed on July 21, 1976.
Tickets will be available in front of the hall before the show. For tickets, interested audience can contact at 01713648392.
Where: Mahila Samiti, Natok Sarani, Baily Road
When: 7pm, today
