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The Stella Maris College Play titled ‘Winding Up the Charm’ is an original script based on the timeless works of William Shakespeare. It incorporates various female characters from nine classics including ‘Hamlet’, ‘Macbeth’, ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, and others. When the three Witches from ‘Macbeth’ make a mistake while casting a spell, a miserable Ophelia from ‘Hamlet’ appears out of a magical box kept in their lair. Trying to send Ophelia back to her own world through the box fails, and only serves to make matters even worse, as a furious Beatrice from ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ emerges from the box and takes one of the witches away with her. While the remaining two witches attempt to bring back their missing sister, a bizarre stream of myriad Shakespearian characters appear out of the box, making for conversations that range from the sinister to the innocent, hilarious to the philosophical to offer the heartbroken Ophelia their advice.
The play is directed by Hans Kaushik. It will be staged at Alliance Francaise on the 5th, 6th and 7th of February. At 7 pm on the 5th and at 3 pm and 7 pm on the 6th and the 7th. The tickets are available at Landmark (Nungambakkam) and Fruit Shop ( Spencer Plaza, Annanagar, Kilpauk, BesantNagar and Greams Road). For details call 9840795390 or e.mail curtaincall.smc@gmail.com.