About The Event
Comedy, drama, family dynamics all wrapped into this play : Bravely Fought the Queen` by Mahesh Dattani is a day in the life of the Trivedi family - a particularly provocative day in the life of a distinctly dysfunctional family. A guest in the house unwittingly becomes the catalyst that unearths the almost otherworldly trauma heretofore swept underneath this home`s intricate rugs.
‘A playwright of world stature’—Mario Relich, Wasafiri First staged in 1991, Bravely Fought the Queen created a stir with its disturbingly honest portrayal of the dysfunctional Trivedi family, confirming Dattani`s reputation as a playwright at the top of his game. Unfolding at a relentless pace, the play provides an unflinching insight into the urban Indian milieu, throwing light on a wide range of issues—marital friction, sibling rivalry, sexual politics and the lies we often tell ourselves—before racing to a shocking finale. ‘At last we have a playwright who gives sixty million English-speaking Indians an identity’—Alyque Padamsee ‘Powerful and disturbing’—The New York Times
