The play has re-entered the Kannada stage as Janashatru, conceived and directed by well-known writer and director Surendranath. Loaded with contemporary resonances, the director, conferred the Norwegian Ibsen Fellowship of 2019, will make eight different versions of Ibsen’s play and stage it in different parts of Karnataka. Janashatru stays close to the original plot, barring small exceptions such as rechristening characters and giving regional touches to a foreign plot. Excerpts from a short interview:You are the third Indian to get the Ibsen Fellowship. As a theatre director working in India today, do you have the freedom?

Source: The Hindu February 25, 2021 18:11 UTC