Shakespeare Wallah

Ivory, James, (film director,, screenwriter.). Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013 (screenwriter.). Merchant, Ismail, (film producer.). Kendal, Felicity, (actor.). Kapoor, Shashi, (actor.). Jaffrey, Madhur, 1933- (actor.). Kendal, Geoffrey, 1909- (actor.). Cohen Media Group, (presenter,, publisher.). Felicity Kendal, Shashi Kapoor, Madhur Jaffrey, Geoffrey Kendal, Laura Liddell, Utpal Dutt, Jim Tytler, Praveen Paul. (Cast).

Summary: 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.

Item details

ISBN: 1417249412
ISBN: 9781417249411
Physical Description: videodisc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Cohen Media Group, [2018]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Title from sell sheet. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965. Wide screen. Special features: Conversation with the filmmakers, featuring Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, Shashi Kapoor and Felicity Kendal; original trailer; 2017 re-release trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Subrata Mitra ; music, Satyajit Ray ; editor, Amit Bose.
Participant or Performer Note:	Felicity Kendal, Shashi Kapoor, Madhur Jaffrey, Geoffrey Kendal, Laura Liddell, Utpal Dutt, Jim Tytler, Praveen Paul.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, wide screen; dual mono.
Language Note:	English or Hindi dialogue; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); closed-captioned.