Stree (The Woman) (Tamizh)

It is the story of Mary Magdalene, a biblical theme in Tamizh, written by Justice Nainar Sundaram with music by Dhananjayan. It was a very innovative stage presentation in many ways.

In the part where the one who has not committed a sin can throw stones at Mary, the whole sequence was done with bols. The dialogues between the citizens were in the form of sounds, not lyrics.

Only simple cotton saris were used for costumes.

Instead of umpteen entries and exits, the scene had the citizens sitting around the main characters and each one performed their role when their turns came. The character would get up, do his/her part and go back and sit in his/her place. That was a new idea then. The Dhananjayans had experimented even that long ago and been successful in their innovative ways of composing scenes.