Satyakatha- Adoption of White Liars.

White Liars- Peter Shaffer

White Liars by Peter Shaffer is an act of revelation. Revelation of truth that is, in the backdrop of the mysterious world of a fortuneteller, who really wants to help a customer. One who’s repenting his decision to bring in to his life & musical world a friend, a singer who has stolen the heart of his girlfriend. Now he wants the fortuneteller to convince the friend about all the misfortunes that may fall unto him, if he stays with the girl. To add faith in to the story, he provides the fortuneteller with all the details of his friend’s ex-life.

Once the plot sets up, an interesting act of revelation of Truth & lies unfolded to the viewers. Where it confuses the Characters, what’s true and what’s not.

While adopting, I took the Character of Baroness out from its European & Egyptian background & post her in the foreground of some forbidden temple on the outskirts of a city. Though I used the Indian classical music as background & profession of the characters as a support to the backdrop, I kept the Egyptian Crystal ball as it is, just for the sake of its visual grandeur.

The act was performed with the name of ‘Safed Jhooth’ & later changed to ‘Satyakatha’ as I felt; it’s the more appropriate title to the plot.

According to me, the act is yet unexplored. 


                                                  -   Aabhas Anand