Shakespeare wallah

Folger bibliographic ID: 198739
Folger call number: DVD 116
Folger holdings ID: 238309
Accession Number: 264112

Shakespeare content: the real-life adventures of a traveling theater group in India during the final days of English colonial rule. They try to uphold British tradition by staging Shakespearean plays but can't compete with the wildly popular Bollywood film industry

General notes

DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital mono English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964 Special features include: The Delhi way (1964), a 45 -minute documentary by director James Ivory about continually evolving city of Delhi; conversation with the filmmakers, part of a new series of interviews with Ismail Marchant, James Ivory, Shashi Kaoor, and Felicity Kendal; original theatrical trailer

Cast

Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Madhur Jaffrey

Credits

Director of photography, Subrata Mitra; editor, Amit Bose; music, Satyajit Ray

Extended title: Shakespeare wallah Merchant Ivory Productions present ; story & screenplay, R. Prawer Jhabvala & James Ivory ; produced by Ismail Merchant ; directed by James Ivory

associated with: Ivory, James
associated with: Kendal, Felicity
associated with: Kapoor, Shashi
associated with: Jaffrey, Madhur, 1933-
associated with: Merchant, Ismail
associated with: Merchant Ivory Productions
associated with: Criterion Collection (Firm)
associated with: Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)