RCSC (Delhi) jointly with the theatrical studio “The Performers” invite guests to the Solo performance by Munish Sharma (actor and director) “The Dream of a Ridiculos Man” based on the works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Alber Camus, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Oscar Wild
The performance name coincides with the name of the story of Feodor Dostoevsky "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man". It is a short story written in 1877. The story opens with the narrator wandering the streets of St. Petersburg. He contemplates how he has always been a ridiculous person, and also, how recently, he has come to the realization that nothing much matters to him any more. In the dream, he shoots himself in the heart. He dies but he is still aware of his surroundings. He gathers that there is a funeral and he is also buried. After an indeterminate amount of time in his cold grave, water begins to drip down onto his eyelids. The narrator begs for forgiveness. Suddenly his grave is opened by an unknown and shadowy figure. This figure pulls the narrator up from his grave, and then the two soar through the sky and into space. After flying through space for a long time, the narrator is deposited on a planet, one much like Earth, but not the Earth that he left through suicide. The narrator is then placed on what appears to be an idyllic Greek island, or in Christian literature, the earth before the Fall. Soon, the inhabitants of the island find him, and they are happy, blissful, sinless people. The narrator lives in this utopia for many years, all the while amazed at the goodness around him. But one day the narrator accidentally teaches the inhabitants how to lie. This begins the corruption of the utopia. The trouble follows a trouble. Soon the first murder occurs…
The narrator then awakes. He is a changed man, thoroughly thankful for life. He promises to spend the rest of his days preaching the truth that he saw. His main lesson is to love others like yourself.
Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (November 11, 1821 – February 9, 1881)I is a well-known Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays. He is best known for his novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov
Venue: Concert Hall, RCSC, 24, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi 110001
Friday 6:00 p.m.
