Taj Mahal
5 Questions with Ghafir Akbar and Jay Saighal on SRT’s Latest Production: Guards at the Taj
Theatre
November 20, 2018
5 Questions with Ghafir Akbar and Jay Saighal on SRT’s Latest Production: Guards at the Taj
Guards at the Taj, written by award-winning playwright and winner of the best new play in the 2016 Obie awards, Rajiv Joseph, will be performed in KC Arts Centre from 14 November 2018 to 1 December 2018. Set in 1648, Guards at the Taj is a dark comedy based on a myth about Taj Mahal, a mausoleum commissioned by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. In the play, the majestic beauty of the Taj Mahal is a deliberate contrast to the ordinary guards who are placed in charge of the mausoleum the day before its unveiling.…