kolkata playwright and national school of drama chairperson rayan thiyam was in town to stage his version of macbeth a spreading disease of overpowering greed as he calls it and left the audience which included some of the best known art and culture personalities spellbound not a word was understood by the majority it was after all in manipuri but the show staying loyal to the original with a few obvious deviations won hearts and the standing ovation at the end of play bore testimony to its success thiyams unconventional style was apparent right at the start with four instead of three witches setting the stage for macbeth and banquo to enter their octopuslike green costume weedy tentacles and expression of pure evil sent out the message of the play right away from now on foul is fair but why the fourth witch its open to your interpretation yes you could consider it lady macbeths conciousness why not thiyam told toi english literature students in kolkata have for ages dreaded a recurrent question in the exams is lady macbeth the fourth witch in macbeth basant kumar birla and wife sarala birla were in the audience the production was presented by b k birla group organization swar sangam despite the language barrier the audience hung on to every sound as the warlike thumping beat set the tone kalamandir hall ran out of seats aparna sen sugato bose painter rabin mandal and actor kaushik sen were riveted to the play rudraprasad sengupta greeted thiyam and dance artist sudarshan chakraborty congratulated him its a nonverbal visual narrative where language is no hurdle the costumes were astounding he told toi aparna sen was floored by the stagecraft his graphical presentation is just brilliant she said