Mysore/Mysuru: The first play of the College English Theatre Festival’s second day yesterday was ‘La Violentia’ by the students of St. Joseph’s B.Ed College.
Written by one of the students, the play highlighted the theme of violence through the history of literature, from Cane and Abel, right through to the most recent writings. It even addressed present day issues, where violence has unfortunately become commonplace, such as stifling of non-violent protests, sexual violence and police high-handedness. The representation of Violence in the form of a person was a wonderful theatrical piece of work. Two actors played Violence alternately. Violence’s costume was very apt, and the movements and actions, as well as the voice, perfectly brought out the sadism whenever a scene of violence was enacted.
