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Shakespeare Wallah

Play trailer Poster for Shakespeare Wallah 1966,  2h 0m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 89% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 66% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
89% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 66% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Tony (Geoffrey Kendal) and Carla Buckingham (Laura Liddell) and their acting company journey through India performing Shakespearean plays. When their daughter Lizzie (Felicity Kendal) loses her heart to well-to-do Sanju (Shashi Kapoor) after a show, his movie-star ex-lover, Manjula (Madhur Jaffrey), tries to disrupt their union. The Buckinghams must protect their daughter while facing the fact that their plays are falling out of style and the locals are losing their patience for foreigners.

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Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times Dec 14, 2017
"Shakespeare Wallah" is a tribute to the gallantry, talent and courage of the Kendals. Its gentle humor, however, has a Chekhovian cast. Go to Full Review
Alan Scherstuhl Village Voice Nov 8, 2017
A breezy and beguiling study, comedy, romance, elegy. Go to Full Review
Bosley Crowther New York Times May 9, 2005
4/5
Very delicate and lovely. Go to Full Review
Dwight MacDonald Esquire Magazine Aug 13, 2019
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. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Turner Classic Movies Online Dec 17, 2011
... a bittersweet drama of the twilight of a theatrical way of life. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 25, 2005
2/5
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Cast & Crew

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James Ivory

Director

Shashi Kapoor

Sanju

Felicity Kendal

Lizzie Buckingham

Madhur Jaffrey

Manjula

Geoffrey Kendal

Mr. Tony Buckingham

Laura Liddell

Mrs. Carla Buckingham

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Shakespeare Wallah

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Movie Info

Synopsis Tony (Geoffrey Kendal) and Carla Buckingham (Laura Liddell) and their acting company journey through India performing Shakespearean plays. When their daughter Lizzie (Felicity Kendal) loses her heart to well-to-do Sanju (Shashi Kapoor) after a show, his movie-star ex-lover, Manjula (Madhur Jaffrey), tries to disrupt their union. The Buckinghams must protect their daughter while facing the fact that their plays are falling out of style and the locals are losing their patience for foreigners.
Director
James Ivory
Producer
Ismail Merchant
Screenwriter
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, James Ivory
Distributor
Criterion Collection, Continental Distributing Inc.
Production Co
Merchant Ivory Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 22, 1966, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Nov 10, 2017
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 22, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.6K
Runtime
2h 0m
Sound Mix
Mono
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