Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1812. His father was a clerk in the Navy Pay Office, but he was often in debt. When Dickens was 12 years old, his father was imprisoned for debt, and Dickens was forced to work in a blacking factory. This experience had a profound impact on Dickens, and it influenced many of his novels.
Dickens began his writing career as a journalist. In 1836, he published his first novel, The Pickwick Papers, which was an instant success. Dickens went on to write many more novels, all of which were immensely popular. He also wrote short stories, plays, and travel essays.
Dickens died in 1870 at the age of 58. He is considered one of the greatest English novelists of all time. His works continue to be read and enjoyed by people all over the world.
In the fictional town of Coketown, England, during the Industrial Revolution, utilitarianism reigns supreme. Thomas Gradgrind, a wealthy businessman and educator, believes that everything in life can be explained by facts and logic. He raises his children, Louisa and Tom, according to this philosophy, and they grow up to be cold and emotionless adults.
Stephen Blackpool, a kind and honest factory worker, is struggling to survive in the harsh conditions of Coketown. He is injured in an accident at work and is fired by his employer, Josiah Bounderby. Stephen is unable to find a new job and is eventually accused of a crime he did not commit.
Louisa is forced to marry Bounderby, even though she does not love him. She becomes increasingly unhappy and eventually leaves him. Tom steals money from Bounderby and flees the country.
In the end, Stephen is found innocent of the crime he was accused of, but he is killed in a mining accident. Louisa is reunited with her former teacher, Mr. Sleary, who helps her to find happiness and fulfillment.
Play Review:
Question :
Review of the Hindi Play based on "Hard Times" :
The Hindi Play based on "Hard Times" By Charles Dickens is a musical adaptation of Dickens's novel of the same name, performed and organised by Khilona Theater for Children. Which is directed by Kiran Deep Sharma and performed by various artists.
Let's see list of people who worked hard for this play adaptation:
Direction and costume design:- - Kiran Deep Sharma
Adaptation and editing - V.K. Sharma, Kiran Deep Sharma Lyrics V.K. Sharma
Music direction - Kashish Sharma
Voice training and flute - Esra Seher Jung
You can find this full video here :
Now let's see cast of the play :
Cast:-
Aarti Vasan - Jane and Josephine
Aakash Hingorani - Josiah Bounderby, clown
Abhishekh - Childers, Jupe, doctor. Chitra clown, Mrs. Pegler -
Isha Mrs. Gradgrind, Mrs. Sparsit -
Jyotsana - Louisa
Kajori - Rachel
KiranDeep Sharma - singer
Kunal - Tom, clown
Lakshya Goel - Stephen, narrator, stuntman Prakash Mr. Sleary, James Harthouse.
Pulkit - butler, clown
Santosh - Dilkhush, circus crowd
Saif Bitzer, stuntman Sajid Anwer Mr. Choakumchild, Kidder, Stephen's wife
Shubham - Sissy
Sudipto Banerjee - Mr. Gradgrind
V.K. Sharma - narrator
( This information is given at discription of video)
I personally like this play performance because it depicted ideas of the writer very well. By this play All audience can connect that what writer actually wants to tell their readers.
While watching the play we all can feel that we all can connect with Dickens message trough the play. On the other hand we also find that there is Indian Masala in the play performance. That means we can generally know that in Indian Dramatilogy one can find importance f Sutradhar and Nat, who introduced events and connect readers & audience with events of the play.
In this play we can also find there is one Sutradhar, arrives at starting of the play, where he inform the audience about the setting and backgrounds of the play , Where we can find that this is the story about the place the fictional town of Coketown, England, and he also shares conversation with Nat. By their conversation background of the story reveals.
In the beginning they also talk about story and fiction. In their conversation they depicted beautiful connection between Horse and Imagination. They mentioned that each and every story teaches us something we just pick up good things from it by our own Imagination.
And after that scene opens and they take us to the story.
The opening scene of the novel starts with this line :
"Now what I want is facts. Teach this boys and girls nothing but facts"
This line leads us towards the main theme of the novel. And audience started thinking towards it.
Like the novel the play also has three part:
- Sowing
- Reaping
- Garnering
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