Swapnadal to remember wordsmith Syed Shamsul Haq
Hellen Keller to be staged at BSA today
DL desk
To remember noted wordsmith Syed Shamsul Haq--one of the most powerful, prolific and versatile poet and writer of Bangladesh--on the occasion of his first death anniversary (September 27), popular theatre troupe Swapnadal will bring their play Hellen Keller on the stage today. A special show of the play will be staged today evening at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital.
Before staging the play, eminent poet Rabindra Gope and theatre personality Lucky Inam will take part in a discussion on the life, philosophy and works of Syed Shamsul Haq.
Written by Apurba Kumar Kundu and Directed by Zahid Repon, Hellen Keller is the 17th production of Swapnadal. The cast is Juana Sobnom, while the production manager is Shakhawat Shamol.
The production depicts the life-works-dreams-struggle-philosophy of the legend and Wonder of the World Helen Keller. She was deaf-dumb-blind person, but able to overcome all obstacles by her extreme self-confidence and also by the extra-ordinary support of her teacher Anne Sullivan.
Hellen Keller was highly influenced by the philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore and also by the thoughts of Charlie Chaplin, Mark Twain, Kennedy, and Einstein. In Hellen Keller when she expresses gratitude to her teacher, the influences of those great masters on her becomes alive.
Helen Keller also speaks about her expectations of the women empowerment and humanism, strong stand against racisms, war, destruction and abuse of the Atomic weapons. Besides that, the experience of satisfactions and dissatisfactions in her personal life are also depicted in the Hellen Keller.
She also expresses her own philosophy and that is to be able to dedicate someone in the human welfare despite of all obstacles or struggles, and that is called the true humanity. Finally, this philosophy becomes the prime lesson of the production Hellen Keller.
To note, Hellen Keller was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Kellers teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker. Her birthplace in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, is now a museum and sponsors an annual Hellen Keller Day. Her birthday on June 27 is commemorated as Hellen Keller Day in the US state of Pennsylvania and was authorized at the federal level by presidential proclamation by President Jimmy Carter in 1980, the 100th anniversary of her birth.
Where: BSA, Segun Bagicha
When: 7pm, today
