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| − | ''[[The King of the Dark Chamber]]'' by Rabinadrath Tagore (1861–1941)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore].
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | ''[[Raja]]'' (''[[রাজা]]'' in the original Bengali) is a play by Rabindranath Tagore
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| − | Written in 1910, it is a symbolic play, an allegorical work about an individual’s spiritual and personal awakening in their quest for beauty and truth, loosely borrowed from the Buddhist story of King Kush from Mahāvastu.
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| − | An allegorical work about an individual’s spiritual and personal awakening in their quest for beauty and truth, the play was originally written in Bengali with the title ''[[রাজা]]'' (''[[Raja]]'') in 1910.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | The Bengali play became known internationally when it was translated into English as ''[[The King of the Dark Chamber]]'' by Tagore himself, and published by MacMillan and Co. in 1914.
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| − | Another short stage version of ''[[Raja]]'' was published under the title of ''[[Arupratan]]'' in 1920.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1961: A New York production of ''[[The King of the Dark Chamber]]'' was brought to Durban, South Africa, by its Indian born, New York based, director [[Krisha Shah]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Facsimile version of the 1914 English text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008463041]
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore
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| − | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/6521/6521-h/6521-h.htmGo to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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