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Mumbai: The Mother descends on stage

<p>Based on Bertold Brecht's satire, Quasar Padamsee's play takes an absurdist look at religion and war</p>

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A little over a year ago, Quasar Padamsee was taking a class in a scene study course at The Drama School Mumbai. He thought of picking up one particular scene from German playwright Bertold Brecht's play Mother Courage And Her Children. "As we went on to study that scene in class, I was fascinated," recalls the 38-year-old theatre director. "I had first read the play nearly 20 years ago and I remember enjoying it. When I took up that scene for class, all the feelings I had while reading it the first time, came rushing back to me." At that time, however, adapting the play was a distant thought. But, the impulse wouldn't leave him. "I got working on it and that took me almost about a year. And now, here we are."

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