21st November 1999
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Four of Chekhov's best from AIS
By Laila Nasry
The room was filled with a bunch of bubbly teenagers chatting nineteen to the dozen. I thought I had lost my way because I was supposed to be at a press conference. And there seemed no sign of it. Well, I was wrong. This was a group of independent teens who were conducting their own press conference. And how refreshingly different it was.Asked to do "things on their own" this group comprised the cast of the upcoming plays presented by the Asian International School. "Vaudevilles and Jests" are four one act plays by Anton Chekhov. All comedies, the four plays "Evils of Tobacco", "A Jubilee", "The Bear" and "The Proposal", will go on the boards at the Lionel Wendt on November 20 and 21.
"Evils of Tobacco" is about a henpecked man who is supposed to address a public gathering on the insistence of his wife. He chooses the above topic, but makes no reference to it and ends up giving the "audience" a funny and sometimes sad account of his life.
"A Jubilee" is rib tickling comedy. Set in a prestigious Russian bank, this playlet captures the confusion and chaos between a misogamist, the Chairman of the Bank and his wife.
"The Bear is about a mourning widow who is badgered by a butler to drop in on the neighbours. However life changes drastically the minute the bear makes an entrance into her life. "The Proposal" is how a hypochondriac goes to propose to his neighbour's daughter. What ensues can certainly bring the house down.
"The last AIS production play was in 1997. But this year's Inter House Drama Competition prompted us to do a production and we hope to make this a yearly feature", says Minnelli de Silva, the head prefect of the school.
One of the plays done at the drama competition was a Chekhov which got them interested. "We feel his plays are very realistic the and characters are very normal and true to life," says Michelle de Saram who plays 'Merchootkina' in "The Jubilee". Ranil Agunawela who plays Choobukov felt the universality of Chekovs plays is enriching. "It's all about human relationships and anyone can relate to it."
17 enthusiastic, energetic and lively students are waiting to entertain you. I think it's time to red letter those dates, folks!
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