Bravely fought the queen

A playwright of world statureMario Relich WasafiriFirst staged in 1991 Bravely Fought the Queen created a stir with its disturbingly honest portrayal of the dysfunctional Trivedi family confirming Dattani''s reputation as a playwright at the top of his game. Unfolding at a relentless pace the play provides an unflinching insight into the urban Indian milieu throwing light on a wide range of issuesmarital friction sibling rivalry sexual politics and the lies we often tell ourselvesbefore racing to a shocking finale.At last we have a playwright who gives sixty million English-speaking Indians an identityAlyque PadamseePowerful and disturbingThe New York Times