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Seniors’ free matinee
Shakespeare Wallah
+ intro
A moving drama about the adventures of a traveling theatre company, who perform Shakespeare throughout the 1950s in towns across India.
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Director
James Ivory
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With
Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendall, Maddhur Jaffrey
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USA-India 1965. 120min
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Digital
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Certificate
PG
James Ivory’s drama, written by regular collaborator Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, is loosely based on the real-life adventures of a traveling theatre company in towns across India in the 1950s, at a time when the popularity of Bollywood cinema was on the rise. The screening will be presented by the South Asian Cinema Foundation as part of their Merchant-Ivory Heritage Films Project.
Free for the over-60s (booking by phone or in person only), otherwise normal matinee price.
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