By Manish Sabu for India West, 12 March 2015
Naatak, one of America’s biggest Indian American theater companies, is opening its 20th season with “To Sam Purush Na Mo Sam Naari,” a Hindi adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy classic “The Taming of the Shrew.” Naatak’s 48th production opens Mar. 14 at the Tabard Theater in San Jose, Calif.
This hilarious comedy has been a staple of every Shakespeare theater group. The antics of married life have been a fodder for comedy since time immemorial. There is just something absurd about the dynamics of this “imperfectly-defined” relationship that makes husband-wife jokes so easy to write and enjoy (a simple Google search of “marriage jokes” returns over 44 million links). Little wonder that this play is still so enjoyable more than 400 years after it was written.
The play was first seen in Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal, nearly 30 years ago, featuring Vibha Mishra, who had been in the news because a mega theater personality was in prison on charges of her attempted murder. The dialect was different, the set was basic and the props minimal, and yet the play was riveting.
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