Bandung theater to stage Moliere's play

Bandung theater to stage Moliere's play

JAKARTA (JP): One of Indonesia's modern theater groups,
Studiklub Teater Bandung, will bring Moliere's play Tabib
Gadungan (Fake Medicine Man) to the stage at Taman Ismail Marzuki
arts center in Cikini, Central Jakarta on Oct. 5.

Highlighting the social situation, Studiklub Teater Bandung
(STB) will stage this French play, which was originally titled Le
Medecin Malgre Lui, under the invitation of the French Cultural
Center (CCF) here.

This play, although simple, will be full of sharp social
criticism with a touch of comedy and will display people's
foolishness, greediness and jealousy. During the play, all the
characters will wear masks.

The play tells of a wife wanting to avenge her husband, who
often beats her. She then comes up with a plan, spreading news
that her husband is a famous medicine man who can cure any
diseases through one act, beating his behind. In reality, her
husband is a fake medicine man.

For the play, director Suyatna Anirun will adapt Moliere's
script to a Sundanese setting. A veteran of adaptation, Suyatna
had staged Badak-Badak (The Rhinoceroses of Ionesco) and
Moliere's Akal Bulus Scapin (The Cheats of Scapin).

Suyatna said the group had performed the play several times.

In March, the play was staged in Bandung and in Jakarta at
Gedung Kesenian Jakarta. (Aendra H. Medita)