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Shakespeare-Wallah

Release Date:March 22, 1966

Running Time:120 min

Genres:Drama, Romance

Director

Cast

Shashi Kapoor Felicity Kendal Geoffrey Kendal Laura Liddell Madhur Jaffrey Utpal Dutt Praveen Paul Prayag Raj Pinchoo Kapoor Jim D. Tytler Hamid Sayani Marcus Murch

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

The story of a family troupe of English actors who travel around the towns and villages in India giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face of India as the old is replaced by the new, Maharajas become hotel owners, sports become more important than culture and the theater is replaced by Bollywood movies. Based on the travels of Geoffrey Kendal with his daughter Felicity Kendal.

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