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Description Halfway HouseMetadata ISBN-13: 9781936493852 Publisher: Worldview Publications Publication date: 1/15/1999 (1st Ed.) Formats: AZW3, EPUB, MOBI Pages: 144 Description Halfway House, a translation of the Hindi play 'Aadhe Adhure', tells the story of a dysfunctional middle-family who live an unhappy and an unsatisfactory life with each other. Aadhe-adhure was written in 1968 and first performed on March 2, 1969. A major production of the play was done in 1997 by the National School of Drama and it played to packed houses in April 1999 too. It still, continues to be staged not only by well-known theatre groups in the major cities but also in smaller towns where plays are staged even just once a year. The play has been translated into all the major languages of the country, including English. "A sort of frost seems to have descended on the souls of the human agents ... Every confrontation - and the play is a series of confrontations - instead of thawing the ice, leaves it a bigger iceberg.' -R.L. Nigam, in 'Enact'  Meet the Authors Mohan Rakesh Mohan Rakesh started his career as a teacher, and he taught in two colleges and a school, edited a short story magazine before deciding to write full-time. His noted novels are "Andhere Band Kamare" (Closed Dark Rooms) and Na Aane Wala Kal. His plays Ashadh Ka Ek Din (One Day in Aashad) (1958), play a major role in reviving Hindi theatre in 1960s and Adhe Adhure (The Incomplete Ones or Halfway House) (1959) are highly regarded. His debut play Ashadh Ka Ek Din was first performed by Kolkata-based Hindi theatre group Anamika, under director, Shyamanand Jalan (1960) and subsequently by Ebrahim Alkazi at National School of Drama Delhi in 1962, which established Mohan Rakesh as the first modern Hindi playwright. His plays continue to be performed and receive acclaim worldwide. One Day in the Season of Rain, Aparna Dharwadker and Vinay Dharwadker's authorised English translation of Ashadh Ka Ek Din, premiered at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI, USA in 2010 and travelled to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (Region 3) in 2011.  Sharing Widget |