Theatre troupe BotTala will stage its much-acclaimed production Crutcher Colonel at Dr Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium of Mahila Samity in the capital’s Baily Road this evening.
Crutcher Colonel has been adapted from Shahaduzzaman’s novel with the same title by Soumya Sarkar and Samina Luthfa Nitra.
Abu Taher was a Bangladeshi military serviceman, political activist and leader of the left wing Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal.
He was led an uprising which freed then army chief General Ziaur Rahman who later hanged Taher on charges of high treason and killings. However, a Bangladeshi court declared the execution illegal in 2011.
Historical figures like Matia Chowdhury, Siraj Shikder, Ziaur Rahman and Khandoker Mustak are also depicted in the play in a character-shifting style.
The play ends with the hanging of Colonel Taher in the ‘kangaroo court.’
The possible cast of the play includes Imran Khan Munna, Kazi Roksana Ruma, Samina Luthfa Nitra, Toufique Hasan Bhuiyan, Pankaj Majumder, Ivan Riaz, M Sayed, Nfiz Bindu Manzarul Islam Roni, Golam Mahbub Masum and Nafiul Islam.
