Shakespeare Wallah

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Shakespeare Wallah

1966

2h 0m

Drama

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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.

Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

12/14/2017

"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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Alan Scherstuhl

Village Voice

11/08/2017

A breezy and beguiling study, comedy, romance, elegy.

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

05/09/2005

4/5

Very delicate and lovely.

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Dwight MacDonald

Esquire Magazine

08/13/2019

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.

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Sean Axmaker

Turner Classic Movies Online

12/17/2011

... a bittersweet drama of the twilight of a theatrical way of life.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

06/25/2005

2/5

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Johnny Z

09/01/2022

Wonderful cinematography. Fantastic actors. Very well-written story. Merchant Ivory at it's finest.

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Irene M.

@igawel Dec 2

Audio was hard to hear. Enjoyed Felicity Kendall. Reminded me of India Ink.

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09/17/2014

Particularly acute in catching the peculiar matrix of moods and emotions that hold the troupe together and which keep the British and the Indians from ever really understanding each other.

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04/20/2011

I really enjoyed this movie in class, great story.

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03/10/2010

ssssssssllllllllllooooooooooooowwwww. makes later merchant ivory pacing seem speedy.

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08/20/2009

I watched it for 5 minutes..... Felicity Kendall is a draw!

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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