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The
following synopsis of The Rummy Game is extracted from a review of the
play by Mr. Freddy Phiroz :
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irascible. She's sweet. He cusses more than he speaks gnawing on
his cigar. She holds her hands primly and request that he not use
Khodaiji's name in vain. But when fate or circumstance throws them
both together on the back porch of the Pallonjee nursing home, they're
forced to find a way to get along , pass their time in competitive,
and increasingly rancorous and protracted games of rummy. |
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The
Rummy Game
Starring
Sabira Merchant and Hosi Vasunia
Adapted from " THE GIN GAME "
by Bachi Karkaria.
Directed by Sam Kerawala
Century Center for Performing Arts
111 East, 15th Street,
(Between Union Square East & Irving Place)
New York 10003
January 29 - February 1, 2004
All Shows at 8 pm Except January 29 at 7 pm
Tickets: $100, $55, $35
Call TELECHARGE 212 239 6200 or www.telecharge.com
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Fali Pasatakia
is a former businessman while newbie Shireen Bamboat is a single
mother. At the home, timid newcomer Shireen escapes the bustle of
Visitor's day on the back porch, Where the "difficult"
Fali spends his days playing rummy. He teaches her to play and is
shocked when she beats him again & again. The game, of course,
is a metaphor for the larger games the characters have been playing
throughout their lives, and as they play, the ghosts of their past,
the cards are dealt again. Its fascinating to watch as their frustrations,
failures and angst-filled regrets are slowly exposed. |
The card-games provide
the structure for the story and the sharpest characterization: Fali's
rage increases at Shireen's unnatural beginners luck at Rummy and
Shireen's not so demure and lady-like mannerisms. Other unseen,
aged characters like the abandoning families, dishonest business
partners and the other eccentric geriatrics all are discussed and
dismissed. All this does not reflect the protagonists' old age goodliness.
In fact it presents them at time, in a rather cruel and honest light.
It makes them more human. The play has a lot of questions that creep
up on you subtly, spurring nagging questions that won't go away.
In fact my highlights in the play were all those transitory moments
from indulgence to realization.
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