Word: bonsey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hali was written in 1950 by G.V. Desani in India. The drama is set in ancient India, and centers around a sort of demi-god, Hali(Steve Bonsey). The play is derived from a novel, but the tale is not unravelled through dialogue and conventional blocking. Rather, Hali tells his story to the audience with the help of a narrator, and as he talks dancers and players sweep onto the stage and act out many of the adventures around him and with him. The music consists of nothing but a very primitive recorder and a drum, but along with...
...Steve Bonsey shines a little less brightly than Weiser. He has the burden of explaining the story to the crowd while acting it out at the same time. Bonsey is on the stage through the entire play, and makes the production flow well from one adventure to another. His acting is convincing enough, but at times his lines seem to drag on with the same tone and intensity. He does, however, manage to really become his character, interacting with the other players and the audience enough to rivet the attention of the audience. Bonsey's forte is physical movement...
...them, so they no longer can control his mind. Hali takes his own life in the end, proving to the gods that he is master of his own destiny. But he also proves that he cannot live without the dreams and visions, good or bad, that the gods provide. Bonsey's death is quick and shocking, far removed from drawn-out, overplayed Hollvwood deaths...