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Shakespeare Wallah is a 1965 Merchant Ivory Productions film. The story and screenplay are by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, about a travelling family theatre troupe of English actors in India, who perform Shakespeare plays in towns across India, amidst a dwindling demand for their work and the rise of Hindi film industry.
Madhur Jaffrey's inspired Manjula is to date one of the most memorable women in the Merchant Ivory filmography: her performance earned her the Best Actress prize at the 1965 Berlin Film Festival, where Shakespeare Wallah premiered. The musical score is provided by none less than Satyajit Ray, the Indian master-director and composer.
Shakespeare-Wallah: Directed by James Ivory. With Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Geoffrey Kendal, Laura Liddell. The story of a family troupe of English actors in India.
And in one sense, the travelling theatrical troupe of Shakespeare-Wallah (1965) is peddling Shakespeare, village-to-village if not quite door-to-door, in post-colonial India. James Ivory's 1965 film, his second feature, is directly inspired by (if not quite based on) the diaries kept by actor Geoffrey Kendal of the experiences of the Shakespeariana theater company, a traveling troupe of ...
a movie tailored-made for me!! (shakespeare, acting troupes, british raj decay, theater vs. film..) how unique these early merchant-ivory movies are. every second in this is such a feast to the eyes. the music by satyajit ray is just wonderful. a movie so utterly charming and delicately beautiful that you just sense in every possible way that it's made with love. doubt if i'll ever see a film ...
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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 ...
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47 min. James Ivory and Madhur Jaffrey's conversation about the movie, 'Shakespeare Wallah', provides an insightful look into the making and themes of the film. Directed by James Ivory, the film was released in 1965 and is loosely based on the real-life experiences of the Shakespeareana Company â a travelling theatre troupe that performed ...
