Deadly Delhi Gang-Rape Inspires Award-Winning Play

[Shola Sholaz]

Award-winning playwright Yael Farber, whose new work focuses on the fatal gang-rape of an Indian student last December, was inspired by the protests that erupted across the country after the attack.
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"I remember feeling this extraordinary sense of envy when I looked at India... I mean — who takes to the streets anywhere else in the world to speak for a young single woman?" the South African said in an interview with AFP.
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Shocked by the attack, she posted about it on Facebook. Bollywood actress Poorna Jagannathan saw the post and invited her to India where the idea for a play about intercourseual violence began to take shape.
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"Stories stay in public consciousness for a limited time, you have to grab that window," Farber said, explaining how she chose to write and stage the play just eight months after the assault.
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The show premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and ends its run Monday.