The Bell Jar has much to reflect upon but challenges make you work better

What is the relevance of The Zoo Story, which trounces the 1950s generation of middle class America?

Peter is unable to understand Jerry, though he does try. Today, we continue to ignore how the other half lives. Social responsibility has taken a beating, we know how much in the post-tsunami situation.

How have you adapted the play? Have you Indianised it?

No. We've removed some local New York references, but the play transcends its setting and speaks directly to us.

What made you dramatise Sylvia Plath's cult book, "The Bell Jar", for the second half of the show?

The novel has so much to reflect upon, full of issues affecting us here and now. Adapting a novel for the stage is not easy. But challenges make you work better.

What were the challenges you faced when doing a play of this nature?

Plath's graphic detailing of depression and suicide is not so important as why they happened. It is also a formal exercise for us to `physicalise' her mindscapes, show what goes on within her.