Shakespeare-Wallah
Starring: Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Geoffrey Kendal, Laura Liddell, Madhur Jaffrey
Writer: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, James Ivory
Release Date:
December 1, 1965
December 1, 1965
Ratings:
6.5 / 10
6.5 / 10
Director:
James Ivory
James Ivory
Companies:
Merchant Ivory Productions
Merchant Ivory Productions
Overview
The story of a family troupe of English actors who travel around the towns and villages in India giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face of India as the old is replaced by the new, Maharajas become hotel owners, sports become more important than culture and the theater is replaced by Bollywood movies. Based on the travels of Geoffrey Kendal with his daughter Felicity Kendal.
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