Playscript

Summary

Introduction to the first edition by the author

(entitled The Comedy of Animals – Satire)

Anyone who has visited Europe knows what theatre is. Theatre is a place of a game. But we should be careful of those who do not know its secret and who simply consider it as a joke, time wasting, and flattery. On the contrary, its main purpose is to make people conscious of their actions and turn them away from indulging in unseemly behaviours. It creates laughter or sadness when turning people away from conflict to affection, from wickedness to goodness, from being a scoundrel to being benevolent, from being an idler to a person of integrity, and it does so by exposing the malicious and wrong deeds of people.

Theatre, therefore, has three genres: Tragedy, Drama and Comedy. Tragedy portrays serious danger and grief. Drama concentrates on the violence and turmoil that occurs among family members. Comedy shows the incongruity of a situation and makes us laugh, witnessing a character being disgraced or falling down as a result of his mistakes.

At present, we do not boast of having an organised body that could establish any of the genres or theatre ideas. However, just to make a start on this noble idea, we have now written a Comedy through the personification of animals. If this is found proper and suitable to our country's present situation and is also entertaining, we will attempt the other forms (genres), as our strength allows us.