The King of the Dark Chamber
The King of the Dark Chamber by Rabinadrath Tagore (1861–1941)[1].
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The original text
Raja, is a play by Rabindranath Tagore written in 1910. This play is marked as a symbolic play as well as a ‘mystic play’. The story is loosely borrowed from the Buddhist story of King Kush from Mahāvastu. A short stage version of Raja was published under the title of Arupratan in 1920.
an allegory of an individual’s spiritual and personal awakening in their quest for beauty and truth, the play was originally written in **, then translated into English as The King of the Dark Chamber by Rabindranath Tagore himself, and published by MacMillan and Co. in 1914.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1961: A New York production of the piece was brought to Durban, South Africa, by its Indian born, New York based, director Krisha Shah.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1914 English text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore
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