The Post Office (play)
| The Post Office | |
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| Written by | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Characters | Madhav Dutt Amal, his adopted nephew Gaffer (In disguise of a Fakir, Act 2) Sudha, a little flower-gatherer Troop of boys Doctor Dairyman Watchman Village Headman, a bully King's Herald Royal Physician Boys |
| Original language | Bengali |
| Setting | Contemporary rural Bengal |
The Post Office (Bengali: Dak Ghar) is a 1912 play by Rabindranath Tagore. It concerns Amal, a child confined to his adoptive uncle's home by an incurable disease. W. Andrew Robinson and Krishna Dutta note that the play "continues to occupy a special place in Tagore's reputation, both within Bengal and in the wider world."[1] It was written in four days.[2]
Amal stands in Madhav's courtyard and talks to passers-by, and asks in particular about the places they go. The construction of a new post office nearby prompts the imaginative Amal to fantasize about receiving a letter from the King or being his postman. The village headman mocks Amal, and pretends the illiterate child has received a letter from the king promising that his royal physician will come to attend him. The physician really does come, with a herald to announce the imminent arrival of the king; Amal, however, dies as Sudha comes to bring him flowers.
See also
- Dak Ghar, film adaptation
References
- ^ a b Dutta, Krishna; Robinson, Andrew, eds. (1998). Rabindranath Tagore: an anthology. Macmillan. pp. 21–50.
- ^ Iyer, Natesan Sharda (2007). Musings on Indian Writing in English: Drama. Sarup & Sons. p. 26.
- ^ Yeats, William Butler (1989). Prefaces and introductions: uncollected prefaces and introductions by Yeats to works by other authors and to anthologies edited by Yeats. Simon & Schuster. p. 311.
- ^ Lal, Ananda. "Introduction to Tagore's Plays." In Rabindranath Tagore, Three Plays, translated by Ananda Lal. Oxford University Press, 2001. p. 75
- ^ Lal, "Introduction to Tagore's Plays," 34.
- ^ "Tagore for today". The Hindu. August 30, 2012.
External links
- Text of The Post Office, en.wikisource.org
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