Theatre Group Bombay

Play Name	Duct of Brightness
Year	1971
Plot
Summary	Duct of Brightness was about the Red Light District area in Mumbai. It was selected for the 1st Commonwealth Arts Festival (1965) in London, but because of it’s subject matter the Home Minister felt that the play painted the nation in a bad light and so he withdrew the passports of the entire cast, including the drector and banned the play. Pratap Sharma along with Soli Sohrabji spent the next 7 years fighting the ban till finally the Censor Board was overturned. However by the time the ban was lifted, the absurdist movement had taken over the theatre scene and so the play never received the due credit it deserved. It’s only show happened at the Indian National Theatre under Dhamu Jhaveri.
Author	Pratap Sharma
Director	Alyque Padamsee