Samrat Lear

Synopsis

Video recording of a Hindi-language adaptation of King Lear by the National School of Drama in New Delhi from a script by Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Chetan Pandit is Lear. A 1-minute clip from the production is hosted by globalshakespeares.org (1.i.82 - 93).

Language

Hindi

Country

India

Medium

Multimedia; Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

1997

Duration

1 mins

Credits

Director

John Russell Brown

Writer

Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Cast

Chetan Pandit	Lear
Sunita Shand Rajwar	Cordelia
Ashraful Haque	Earl of Gloucester
Dibyendu Bhattacharya	Fool
Firoz Zahidkhan	King of France
Hrishikesh Joshi	Duke of Cornwall
Manohar Teli	Edmund
Megha Malik	Regan
Mohamed Ashique Hussain	Old Man
Moloy Ghose	Duke of Burgundy
Moloy Ghose	Herald
Noushad Mohamed	Curan
Rajiv Kumar	Earl of Kent
Rishikesh Joshi	Doctor
S. Shameem	Goneril
Sanjay Kumar	Duke of Albany

Additional Details

Theatre

National School of Drama, Abhimanch

Theatre company

National School of Drama, New Delhi

Production type

Stage Recordings

Plays

King Lear

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Student productions

Notes

General

Performers are third year students at the National School of Drama (New Delhi, India).

Textual information

Translated by Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

Archive

Name

globalshakespeares.mit.edu

Email

globalshax-www@mit.edu

Web

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