Batcara

Batcara
The original handbill of the play, 1904
Written byJoão Agostinho Fernandes
Characters
  • Casiano Rodrigues
  • Roza Maria Luiza Vaz
  • Casmiro Rodrigues
  • Cecilia Miranda
  • João Pinto
  • Mariano Fonseca
  • Johnson Scotland
Date premiered22 November 1904
Place premieredGaiety Theatre, Bombay, British India
Original languageKonkani
SubjectCasteism in Goa, and atrocities by landlords on kunbis (farmers)
GenreTiatr, comedy drama
SettingAncestral home in Goa, lodging and restaurant in Bombay

Batcara (transl. The Landlord) is a two-act Konkani play written by the Goan playwright João Agostinho Fernandes. First performed at the Gaiety Theatre in Bombay on 22 November 1904, during the inauguration of the Goan Union Dramatic Club, the work is considered a musical comedy. The play was subsequently published on 1 January 1909, marking Fernandes's first play to be printed. It draws inspiration from the author's experiences during the 1896 Bombay plague epidemic and his return to Portuguese Goa. Set in Goa, the play depicts the prevailing caste system and the atrocities committed by landlords against tenant farmers. It also explores themes of Christianity and the concept of equality among people.

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