Ramayana in British Theatre

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UNITED KINGDOM, April 13, 2001: Influencing the United Kingdom with their presence, the East Indian community has culturally infiltrated into many corners of British society. Last year saw the staging of the Mahabharata in British Theatre and this year Indhu Rubasingham’s production of the Ramayana is playing at the National Olivier Theatre. This mixed review, titled “Farcical mystical tour” says the play is a “refreshingly immediate piece of rough theatre,” and “Hindu epic as British panto,” but we at HPI are at a loss to understand quite what either statement means.