{"product_id":"indigo-giant-paperback","title":"Indigo Giant - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen Musgrave\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLeesa Gazi\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1859. A field in Kanaipur, Bengal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife-loving Sadhu Charan, an indigo farmer, is newly married to Kshetromani, a woman with visions of the\u003cbr\u003e future. At first, all is idyllic. But when the new British planter Rose arrives, full of strange desires, the\u003cbr\u003e creeping malignancy of the indigo system begins to strangle their happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDuring the British Raj, to meet the world's insatiable desire for blue, vast swathes of the Bengali countryside were given over to the cultivation of the indigo plant. The atrocities committed by British planters triggered an extraordinary revolution that changed Bengal forever.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndigo Giant is a gripping, haunting drama by award-winning playwright Ben Musgrave, inspired by Dinabandhu Mitra's trail-blazing Indigo Mirror, a play that shook colonial India. With songs in English and Bangla by Leesa Gazi. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e CASTING: 10 actors (5 male, 4 female, 1 any gender) plus chorus\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 102\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52608610074906,"sku":"9781738429332","price":20.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/q9eT20rtI99781738429332.webp?v=1785353220","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/indigo-giant-paperback","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}