Shakespeare Wallah
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DVD Details
- Run Time: 2 hours
- Video: Black & White / Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 3, 2018
- Originally Released: 2018
- Label: Cohen Media Group
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Shashi Kapoor, Felicity Kendal, Madhur Jaffrey & Geoffrey Kendal | |
Performer: | Laura Liddell | |
Directed by | James Ivory | |
Screenplay by | James Ivory & Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | |
Composition by | Satyajit Ray | |
Produced by | Ismail Merchant |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
more intimate and nuanced work than the team's subsequent high-profile period films, like The Remains of the Day.
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Filmcritic.com
... a bittersweet drama of the twilight of a theatrical way of life.
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Turner Classic Movies Online
Rating: 4/5 --
Surprisingly light and enjoyable early James Ivory film with luminous Felicity Kendal.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Rating: 4/5 --
Very delicate and lovely.
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New York Times
Everyone acts naturally and Mr. Ivory's direction is light and sensitive, managing to suggest the subtlety and comedy and pathos of Anglo-Indian relationships.
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Esquire Magazine
A breezy and beguiling study, comedy, romance, elegy.
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Village Voice
"Shakespeare Wallah" is a tribute to the gallantry, talent and courage of the Kendals. Its gentle humor, however, has a Chekhovian cast.
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Los Angeles Times
Product Description:
Director James Ivory based his black-and-white 1965 film, SHAKESPEARE WALLAH, about a struggling English troupe of Shakespearan actors touring India, on an actual theater company called Shakespeariana. Shakespeariana's director, Geoffrey Kendal; his wife, Laura Liddell; and their daughter, Felicity Kendal, play Tony, Carla and Lizzie Buckingham, respectively. The Buckinghams tour postindependence India at a time when English influence is dying and the world of Indian filmmaking is beginning to achieve mass popularity. In the midst of their travels, the troupe's caravan breaks down, and an Indian playboy, Sanju (Shashi Kapoor), stops to help. A romance quickly starts between Lizzie and the handsome Indian. True to his nature, however, the playboy also carries on an affair with a popular Indian film actress, Manjula (Madhur Jaffrey).
The familiar Merchant Ivory theme of misplacement within a society is here in full force. The film explores the dichotomy between the two worlds: Old British rule versus an independent India as well as the world of staged theater versus the newer medium of film. Felicity Kendal was actually the sister-in-law of her romantic lead; Kapoor was married to her sister, the actress Jennifer Kendal (appearing here as Jennifer Kapoor in the role of Mrs. Bowen), whom he would star with in Ivory's 1970 movie BOMBAY TALKIE.
The familiar Merchant Ivory theme of misplacement within a society is here in full force. The film explores the dichotomy between the two worlds: Old British rule versus an independent India as well as the world of staged theater versus the newer medium of film. Felicity Kendal was actually the sister-in-law of her romantic lead; Kapoor was married to her sister, the actress Jennifer Kendal (appearing here as Jennifer Kapoor in the role of Mrs. Bowen), whom he would star with in Ivory's 1970 movie BOMBAY TALKIE.
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