Divasvapna - Stage adaptation...

Music fades in (Enya – A Day without Rain)
SCENE ONE:
The stage is empty.
Gijubhai enters from the left, he is dressed in Kurta and is got some books in his hand and is wearing a glass. He is in deep thought and is walking up and down the stage. Sometimes he stands in the center of the stage and writes down something in a frantic way. He faces the audience and says…
I believe that education is not about text books and writing exams…
For me education is a system where the student gets a chance to learn by participating and involving himself in a creative way…
I had read and thought about this kind of a system in a great deal, but I have no practical experience. Only then, I thought, would my ideas get shape and form; only then would they mature Time has come for me to act… Tomorrow I will meet the Education Officer and talk to him about my dream…

He walks out of the stage:

SCENE TWO
On the stage there is a table and chair and the Education Officer is seated, he is doing some paper work on his table, books and files are scattered.
Gijubhai enters from the left.

GB: Good morning sir.
EO: (looking up from his work) Morning
GB: Sir, I need your help.
EO: What Help?
GB: I need a classroom in the local school to conduct my experiments in education.
EO: What? Experiments in a classroom? This is the funniest thing I have ever heard in my life?
GB: Maybe it is funny; I am fully prepared to take up the challenge. I have complete confidence in myself.
EO: It is not as easy as you think; It is not like writing an article. You are going to face real problems. Hope you are aware of that.
GB: I am sure that with your support and blessing, I will be able to achieve success.
EO: Ok, then…All the best Mr. Gijubhai… here are the text books that you have to teach
for this academic year.

Gijubhai walks to the left and stands facing the audience. He holds the text book in one of hands and smiles... (In a sarcastic way)

SCENE THREE:
Music fades in (Ishaans Theme)

Gijubhai is seated on the floor, he is surrounded by books and papers, in his hand he has got a writing pad he is busily preparing notes, reading books and scratching his head. He is so focussed that he doesn’t mind the passage of time
(To show the passage of time, the narrator/somebody else walk up, down the stage with a clock in his hand it will start with 10pm, 11pm , 12midnight, 1pm, and then finally ) after some time he starts falling asleep. He finally surrenders to sleep and lies on the floor…
(Music fades out)

SCENE FOUR:

Students on the floor, some are running around, some are throwing paper balls, some sleeping and some are fighting with each other. The bell rings, there is no reaction from the class; they are continuing what they were doing.
The teacher enters with a cane, and chewing paan. He looks at the class and shouts Silence – You idiots…Silence…
No response from the students – they are still the same…
Silence – you morons… there is still no reaction…
Teacher sits on the chair and throws the books on the floor after which he opens his paan box takes out a paan and puts it in his mouth. He yawns and settles himself to sleep seated on the chair. Students continue with their activities. Meanwhile, two students come forward, and look at the teacher walking around him. They try pulling his hair and moustache. The teacher suddenly gets up from the chair searching for the naughty ones. They both hide behind the chair. The bell rings, the students leaves the classroom. The teacher sits in the chair and continues to sleep... (not to be continued)