[Mb-civic] BBC E-mail: Rural theatre and the London bombs

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Jatra usually consists of four-hour-long, high-energy plays featuring loud music, harsh lighting and extravagant props played out on giant stages under open skies.


But groups like the Digbijoy Opera - one of Calcutta's 55-odd jatra troupes - believe that plays based on "sensational breaking news" are now a bigger draw with rural audiences.



** Rural theatre and the London bombs **
Traditional rural theatre in India's West Bengal state is being treated to current news themes, writes Soutik Biswas.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/4748813.stm >


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