Pleiades’ next production, The Post Office, is by Rabindranath Tagore in a new translation by Julie Mehta. Discover one of the most magical plays and greatest writers of the 20th century! The Post Office will be performed from May 7th – June 4th, 2011  at the Berkeley St. Theatre Downstairs, 26 Berkeley St.

The Post Office is one of the world’s most enduring and enchanting works, reflecting the profound wisdom and humanity of its author, Rabindranath Tagore. Using the grave illness of a young boy as his inspiration, Tagore embarks on a spiritual journey that strips away life’s many encumbrances to take us to those places of timeless and universal truth. Written in Bengali in 1911, this jewel of a play is practically unknown in Canada. Poetic and deeply moving, far-reaching and universal in scope, this story is ideally suited for serious adults and curious children. Tagore (1861 – 1941) is still considered the Poet Laureate of India and in 1913, he was the first non-European to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. This play offers a glimpse into Tagore’s enormous understanding of the human spirit.

Did you know that 2011 is the 100th anniversary of The Post Office?

Did you know that 2011 is the 150th anniversary of Tagore’s birth?

Pleiades Theatre
Toronto is home to people from around the world and Pleiades gives home to their theatre. Join us as we produce great plays, plays originating in languages other than English and made accessible to all in fresh, new, Canadian translations. We also reach out to young people with our unique, bilingual education and training programmes. Our plays and our company are about cultural encounters. What could be more Canadian?