“Once again, the adaptors have shown great skill in weaving together a story that can carry a wealth of circumstantial detail. And what a pleasure to see a stage crowded with actors.”
The Guardian
House of the Sun (1991)
adapted by Sudha Bhuchar and Kristine Landon-Smith from the novel by Meira Chand
House of the Sun tells follows the inhabitants of a block of flats in Bombay. They are Sindhi refugees, who fled Sindh at the time of partition. Now, in 1991, a second generation has grown up, hypnotised by the bright lights of Bombay and beyond, rebelling against a generation desperate to hold on to the old ways.
Co-produced by Theatre Royal Stratford East
Tour Schedule
12 April – 11 May 1991
Theatre Royal Stratford East