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'''Yatrik''', Delhi's first bi-lingual theatre group was founded in 1964 by [[Joy Michael]], [[Roshan Seth]], [[Sushma Seth]], Nigam Prakash, Kusum Haidar, Rati Bartholomew, Sneih Das and Marcus Murch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Remembering Rati Bartholomew: Teacher, Friend and Mentor to Generations of Theatre Practitioners |url=https://thewire.in/the-arts/remembering-rati-bartholomew-yatrik-theatre |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-05-08 |title=The view from the stage |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/the-view-from-the-stage/article5988869.ece |access-date=2024-02-05 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sharma |first=Ashish |date=20 July 1994 |title=Antigone played to spellbound audience |work=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref> It nurtured the early careers of many actors in theatre, TV and cinema.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Joy Michael, Sushma Seth, Roshan Seth and a few others had been working together with Tom Noonan (the then Cultural-Attache at United States Information Service, Delhi) in a play, ''<nowiki/>'Abe Lincoln in Illinois'''. Noonan's retirement and the group's reluctance to disband led to the idea of 'Yatrik'. The idea emerged on a train ride from Dehradun to Delhi after a performance. Over the summer of 1963-64, individual members of the group contributed their personal resources, and staged plays in Nainital, Mussoorie, Dehradun earning a profit of Rs. 2000/-. With this, ''Yatrik'' was formally launched.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Malick |first=Javed |date=August 1994 |title=Three Decades of Yatrik |journal=[[SPAN Magazine]] |volume=35 |issue=8 |pages=8–11}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2018-03-11 |title=Joy Michael: ‘Disciplinarian….generous’ |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/joy-michael-death-theatre-art-disciplinarian-generous-5094345/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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The repertory company, registered in 1964 became the city's first professional theatre group. The group conducted weekend performances at Delhi's Mahadev Road. It has since staged over 300 plays in Hindi, and English, performed in India and internationally.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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Joy Michael served as its Director for 40 years and produced nearly 250 plays.{{fact|date=May 2025}}<br />
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'''Other Directors include''':<br />
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Sabina Mehta Jaitly, Prakash Bhatia, Sunit Tandon, [[Avijit Dutt]]<ref>{{Cite web |title='The Show Must Go On': A Personal Tribute to Joy Michael |url=https://thewire.in/culture/joy-micheal-obituary |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=The Wire}}</ref><br />
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== Artistes & Productions ==<br />
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=== Plays ===<br />
Yatrik was launched with the performance of the Pulitzer Prize winning ''"[[All the King's Men]]"'' (by [[Robert Penn Warren]]) and was directed by Marcus Murch.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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''Antigone'', (by [[Jean Anouilh]]) directed by Kusum Haidar<br />
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''[[Harvest (play)|Harvest]]'', (by Manjula Padmanabhan) directed by Joy Michael<ref>{{Cite web |last=Padmanabhan |first=Manjula |date=1998 |title=Harvest |url=https://openpublishing.psu.edu/utopia/content/harvest |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=openpublishing.psu.edu |archive-date=5 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205221843/https://openpublishing.psu.edu/utopia/content/harvest |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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''Blood Wedding'', directed by Kusum Haidar<br />
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''Stree'' directed by Joy Michael<br />
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''The Seagull'' (by [[Anton Chekhov|Anton Chekov]]) directed by Joy Michael<br />
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''A Delicate Balance'' directed by Joy Michael<br />
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=== Artistes ===<br />
[[Ebrahim Alkazi|E.Alkazi]], [[Barry John (theatre director)|Barry John]], [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]], [[Zohra Sehgal]], KK Kohli, Lola Chatterjee, [[Bhaskar Ghose]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1964 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Theatre of India]]<br />
[[Category:Theatrical organisations based in India]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:Theatre companies in India]]</div>IQOCharli56