Slaves, a new production by The Madras Players, is a translation of writer Sujatha
The Madras Players are set to perform 'Slaves', a stage adaptation of a work by the late writer Sujatha. The play explores complex themes of patriarchy and property disputes through nuanced, grey-shaded characters.
Why it matters
It highlights the adaptation of literary works into regional theater and the enduring legacy of Sujatha's writing in the Tamil cultural scene.
In a distant corner of the internet, there exists a review on Wordpress by blogger VishyTheKnight (from 2018) who calls Sujathavin Nadagangal, an 830-page collection of Tamil plays by writer Sujatha, absolutely unputdownable.
He summarises everything he enjoys and does not in this detailed blogpost and among the first play he lists as his favourite is Adimaigal (Slaves). He notes that Sujatha, who is most known for sci-fi novels, paints interesting perspectives of his subjects despite choosing dramaturgy, a genre that he is not always known for. Vishy comments, “this play is different, because it is complex, the characters are flawed, and it is impossible to do the good-and-bad binary thing here. Sujatha is clearly breaking new ground here, at least in the Tamil theatre scene (sic).”
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