Play in memory of Arifin C. Noer

JAKARTA (JP): The theater group Teater Kubur will perform a play by the late Arifin C. Noer, a noted playwright who died on May 28 last year at the age of 54.

Kapai-kapai, written in 1970, will be staged on Wednesday to Friday evenings to commemorate the first anniversary of Arifin's death.

The performance at the Taman Ismail Marzuki arts center begins at 8 p.m. The play is about a poor man trying to escape from the reality of his life.

Arifin was also well known as a screen writer and director for the wide screen and television. (anr)