The Powerhouse Of Talent

The world of drama has intrigued me all my life. During my childhood, the natural channel was the school dramatics. I remember enacting Alibaba during a drama class and getting a good score for it. As soon as I thought I was good enough to get a lead role in the upcoming play for a drama competition, I got a role of a king’s guard and there I was holding a spearheaded stick and shouting my throats out announcing that the king is arriving at the court. This was it. There were no more dialogues.The night before I couldn’t sleep thinking how I could enact that scene differently so that it could catch eyeballs. Alas, my act did not have much scope and it had to go with a flat emotionless voice.Now when I think of this incident I feel how people playing a very small role or a blink and miss role in an act must be going through. There must be a feeling of an identity crisis but if these small parts do not exist then a play cannot be complete. Drama is ultimately a collection ...