The month of April was windy,
sometimes overcast and unforgettably exquisite as the campus transformed into a
scene reminiscent of London's famous West End, with one corner becoming Drury
Lane, another turning into the Palladium and yet another into the Royal Opera
House as they all reverberated with some of the most immortal lines etched in
time by none other than the Bard. The occasion was the 19th
Inter-House English One-Act Plays and the theme ‘Shakespearean Tragedies’.
What more can one ask for, in
Shakespeare’s birth month, often deemed the cruellest time of the year,
according to T.S. Eliot, when memories blend with desires and Spring rain stirs
the dull roots?
Initially, the rehearsals were
challenging as Caesar gave seizures and Lear’s character
lacked allure. But after nearly twenty days of continuous refinement
(and the School Head’s enigmatic ways of bringing out nothing but the best
version of each and every one involved in the plays ),every character underwent
a transformation, regardless of his House or role in the productions.
The culmination of the process
took place on Friday, 3rd May,’24 when Chittorgarh House and
Ranthambore House staged Macbeth and King Lear and on Saturday, 4th
May,’24 when Mehrangarh House and Kumbhalgarh House portrayed Julius Caesar and
Hamlet, respectively.
The end result was surely a
direction (if not a destination) achieved by one and all.
The Judges for the
Competition, Ms. Teena Sharma, Ms. Elvira Fernandes and Ms. Judeline D’Souza,
after extensive discussions, finally came to a unanimous decision of declaring
Kumbhalgarh House at the First Position followed by Ranthambore at the Second and
Mehrangarh and Chittorgarh jointly at the Third Position.
Palak Jain of Ranthambore
House was declared the Best Director and Aashita Mundra of Mehrangarh House
along with Aarohi Lodha of Ranthambore House shared the trophies for the Best
Stage Managers.
The Trophy for the Overall
Best House for the Inter-House One-Act Plays went to Ranthambore House.
Principal, Shri Sanjay Khati,
who takes a keen interest in Theatre and Drama, voiced his passion for the
greatest dramatist of all times, Shakespeare and thanked the Judges, the Parent
representatives Dr. Deepak Jain and Dr. Rachna Jain and all the guests for
sparing their valuable time.
