Maugham

DahlAleichem

DRAMATECH presents

THE

WEEKEND COCKTAILA heady mix of classic stories, served with a dash of music

Dramatised & Directed by Ravi Raj Sagar

An evening of 3 one-act plays in English

Children below 10 years not allowed.

Maugham

DahlAleichem

THE

WEEKEND COCKTAILA heady mix of classic stories, served with a dash of music

CAST

Tevye Reuben Israel

Golde Pooja Shankar

Mother Kavita Seth

Daughter Anupriya Banerji

Man Shom Gupta

Sholom Aleichem's TEVYE WINS A FORTUNE

Songs included: Sabbath prayer; Dana dana; If I were a rich man.

Roald Dahl's LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER

Song included: Tea for two

W Somerset Maugham's MR KNOW ALL

Songs included: Mr Know all; Diamonds are forever

Mary Maloney Madhu K Rajesh

Patrick Maloney Sanjiv Agarwal

Detective Noonan Shankar Venkateswaran

Detective Mike Rahul Sachdeva

Doctor Abhishek Kumar

Police assistant Sonu Sonkar, Sunny Raj

Narrator (Edward Morrison) Rahul Sachdeva

Max Kelada Rakesh Gupta

Doctor Shankar Venkateswaran

Ramsay Sanjiv Agarwal

Mrs Ramsay Shweta Modgil

Singer Sylvie Pooja Shankar

Songs sung live by The Cast.

BACKSTAGE

Make-up B. S. Rawat, Veena

Keyboard Kaushik

Lights Alok & Priyanka Jain

Props Sunpreet, Sahil Vohra, Shom Gupta

Costumes Suchitra Chauhan

Poster & Brochure Design Arica, ROOTS Advertising

Database Mgt & Broadcast Poonam Sarin

Hall Tarun Dangwal, Nitin Gupta, Bhasker Mehta

Gate Sunny Raj, Isha Mehak, Neha Bansal

Script Transcribing Sankalp Rastogi

Ground Support Ratnakar, Minakshi, Ganesh, Pannalal, Jaichand

Publicity Tanushree Sharma, Sachi Agarwal

Sets Manager Sonu Sonkar

Production Managers Nayana Sagar, Priti Gupta

Production Controller Parag Agarwal

Original lyrics and composition of song Mr Know All by: Rahul Sachdeva

Script for Lamb to the Slaughter : Roald Dahl's teleplay for Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Dramatised & Directed by Ravi Raj Sagar

Glossary for Tevye Wins a Fortune

*Shimazl: person with a perpetual bad luck; chronically unlucky.

*Verst: A Russian measure of linear distance equivalent to about two thirds of a mile.

*Boiberik: Fictitious Jewish resort city in Russia, Yehupetz's wealthy suburb, in which its rich Jews spend their summers;

Camp Boiberik, a Yiddish cultural camp named after this city was founded in Rhinebeck, near New York, by the Sholem

Aleichem Folk Institute, an organization devoted to Jewish education.

*Mazaltov: Congratulations

*Bris: a Jewish circumcision ceremony accompanied by a feast

*Kosher: pure, clean

Playing time: 35, 27, 23 min resp, with 5 min set-change breaks between plays; total 95 min

Show venues & dates: Sri Ram Centre 21, 22 April 2012

Alliance Francaise 18,19 August; 15,16 September; 15,16 December 2012

Tickets available at: bookmyshow.com 30 days in advance

Telebooking: 8800649019 OR at venue from 2 pm on show days.

Sholom Aleichem

Sholom Aleichem (1859 - 1916) was a popular humorist and author of Yiddish

literature, including novels, short stories, and plays.

Born Sholem Yakov Rabinowitz in Pereyaslav (near Kiev), Ukraine. He adopted the

pseudonym Sholom Aleichem, a common greeting meaning "peace be with you". Drawn

to writing as a youth, he worked as a teacher and a rabbi. He produced over forty

volumes, for the three million uneducated Russian Jews, whose only language was Yiddish.

His work has been widely translated. His translator, Hannah Berman, was Irish of Lithuanian descent. The popular

musical comedy "Fiddler on the Roof" (1964) is based on Sholom Aleichem's stories around his character Tevye.

Fleeing persecution, he left Russia in 1905, settling first in Switzerland, and later, in 1914, in the United States, where he

made his home in New York City. He died there at the age of 57.

Quotes

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl (1916 – 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer, fighter pilot and

screenwriter.

Born in Llandaff, Cardiff, to Norwegian parents, he served in the Royal Air Force during

the Second World War, in which he became a flying ace and intelligence agent, rising to

the rank of Wing Commander. Dahl rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both

children and adults, and became one of the world's best-selling authors. He has been

referred to as "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century". In 2008

‘The Times’ placed Dahl sixteenth on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".

His short stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children's books for their

unsentimental, often very dark humour.

Some of his notable works include ‘James and the Giant Peach’, ‘Charlie and the

Chocolate Factory’, ‘George's Marvellous Medicine’, ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’, ‘Matilda, The

Witches’, and ‘The Big Friendly Giant’.

His two-part autobiography ‘Boy’ and ‘Going Solo’ are a pure delight.

A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.

Gossip is nature's telephone.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

His will contained the following injunction: "Let my name be recalled with laughter or not at all”.

W Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1965) was born to a wealthy solicitor in France. By

the time he was ten, both William's parents were dead and he was sent to live with his

uncle.

After an education at King's School, Canterbury, Maugham became a medical student at

St. Thomas Hospital, London. He used these experiences to help him write his first novel,

‘Liza of Lambeth’ (1897).

The book sold well and he decided to abandon medicine and become a full-time writer.

Maugham achieved fame with his play Lady Frederick (1907), a comedy about money

and marriage. By 1908 Maugham had four plays running simultaneously in London.

On the outbreak of the First World War, Maugham, now aged forty, joined a Red Cross

ambulance unit in France. During the war, Maugham's best-known novel, ‘Of Human

Bondage’ (1915) was published. This was followed by another successful book, ‘The Moon

and Sixpence’ (1919). Maugham also developed a reputation as a fine short-story writer.

‘Rain’, which appeared in ‘The Trembling of a Leaf’ (1921), was also turned into a successful

feature film. Popular plays written by Maugham include ‘The Circle’ (1921), ‘East of Suez’

(1922), ‘The Constant Wife’ (1926) and the anti-war play, ‘For Services Rendered’ (1932).

In his later years, Maugham wrote his autobiography, ‘Summing Up’ (1938) and works of

fiction such as ‘The Razor's Edge’ (1945), ‘Catalina’ (1948) and ‘Quartet’ (1949).

About Dramatech

Dramatech is a 27 year old theatre group of Delhi, having 35 successful play productions to its credit and having received

acclaim and invitations from NSD and Sahitya Kala Parishad for its performances. This amateur theatre group with a

professional outlook was started in 1984 by a group of IIT Delhi Alumni. It then expanded to attract talent from other

institutions, in particular, IIM Ahmedabad and Delhi University. Over the years, Dramatech has provided the Delhi

audience with good, wholesome theatre both in English & Hindi.

For video and audio clips, songs, lyrics, reviews, photos and updates of our plays visit

Talented Actors-Singers invited for our next large Musical plays in English and Hindi. Male or Female, good actors and/or

singers, age 5 to 60. Only those with a good background in Acting / Singing may respond, giving details of plays/ roles/

shows done, venue, etc. Kindly write to: ravi@dramatech.in

To join our mailing list, please email your name & email id to dramatechtheatre@gmail.com and to

get play alerts by SMS please include your mobile number too.

www.dramatech.in

Dramatech’s Past Productions

Ranjit Kapor's Sab Thaat Para Reh Jayaega (based on Kauffman & Hart's You Can't Take It With You)

Adapted & Directed by Ranjit Kapoor

T Selected among Sahitya Kala Parishad's Best Plays of the Year

DRAMATECH presents

çsepan

FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN

PREMCHANDPREMCHAND

SRI RAM CENTRE 7 pm on Sat-Sun4, 5 August 2012.

Tickets Rs 500, 300, 200, 100, 50At bookmyshow.comTelebooking 8800649019Or at venue from 2 pm on show days.

www.dramatech.in 27 years, 35 productions Facebook.com/dramatech

Dramatised & Directed by

Ravi Raj SagarThe hedonistic era of Wajid Ali Shah, and an all-consuminggame between two oblivious Nawabs. Comic and insightful.A world classic. (includes thumri Lakhon ke bol sahe)

(PERIOD COMEDY)

KE SHATRANJ KHILADI

Fatso pandit with wife and five children at Rani ji's bhoj.Outrageous characters, funny situations. His finestcomedy. (includes bhajan Giridhar Gopala)

(RIP-ROARING COMEDY)

NIMANTRAN

Adventures of Heera and Moti, as they are passed fromone unkind owner to another. Touching, humorous, fun.(includes songs Dukh bhare din beete re bhaiyya andChoota malik ka ghar)

(MUSICAL COMEDY)DO BAILON KI KATHA