Theatre and performance studies department of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University staged its production titled The Rules of Love at the Zia Haider Lab of the university in Mymensingh on Sunday.
The play is an adaptation of Nigel Watts’s novel titled The Way of Love and Elif Shafak’s novel titled The Forty Rules of Love. It has been adapted, designed and directed by the department’s assistant professor Mahedi Tanjir.
The play depicts the story of a middle-aged woman named Ella who reads a writer’s manuscript about the Sufi poets Shams-i Tabrizi and Jalal al-Din Muḥammad Rumi.
Her interaction with the author creates a new dimension in her life, and the play moves forward.
‘The spiritual journey of Ella and Rumi depicted in the play inspires us to search for the truth instead of struggling with the problems of life,’ said Mahedi Tanjir.
The students of 2019-20 sessions of the department have acted different characters in the play.
The play is scheduled to be staged at the same venue until December 5.