Shakespeare-Wallah

E430003

Shakespeare-Wallah is a 1965 English-language Indian drama film, directed by James Ivory and written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, that follows a traveling British theatre troupe in post-colonial India as they struggle to survive amid the rising popularity of Bollywood cinema.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shakespeare-Wallah canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English-language film ⓘ
Indian drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardFestival Berlin International Film Festival ⓘ
awardReceived Silver Bear for Best Actress ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Madhur Jaffrey ⓘ
basedOn experiences of the Kendal family theatre troupe ⓘ
cinematographyBy Subrata Mitra ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
depicts conflict between traditional theatre and popular cinema ⓘ
director James Ivory ⓘ
distributionRegion India ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
distributor Merchant Ivory Productions ⓘ
editor A. Sreekar Prasad ⓘ
filmFestivalSection competition ⓘ
follows traveling British theatre troupe ⓘ
followsWork The Householder ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
hasFilmSeries Merchant Ivory early Indian films ⓘ
hasPosterArtBy Indian film poster artists ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Lizzie Buckingham ⓘ
Manjula ⓘ
Sanjay ⓘ
musicBy Satyajit Ray ⓘ
narrativeLocation post-colonial India ⓘ
notableFor early collaboration of Merchant Ivory and Satyajit Ray ⓘ
portrayal of Anglo-Indian cultural relations ⓘ
portrays touring Shakespearean theatre company ⓘ
precededBy The Householder ⓘ
producer Ismail Merchant ⓘ
productionCompany Merchant Ivory Productions ⓘ
releaseYear 1965 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 120 ⓘ
screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ⓘ
settingLocation India ⓘ
stars Felicity Kendal ⓘ
Geoffrey Kendal ⓘ
Laura Liddell ⓘ
Madhur Jaffrey ⓘ
Shashi Kapoor ⓘ
theme cultural change in post-colonial India ⓘ
decline of British theatre in India ⓘ
rise of Bollywood cinema ⓘ
titleMeaning Shakespeare personified as a wandering performer ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala → workedOn → Shakespeare-Wallah ⓘ
James Ivory → notableWork → Shakespeare-Wallah ⓘ
Merchant Ivory Productions → notableWork → Shakespeare-Wallah ⓘ
Ismail Merchant → notableWork → Shakespeare-Wallah ⓘ
Shashi Kapoor → notableWork → Shakespeare-Wallah ⓘ
Subrata Mitra → workedOn → Shakespeare-Wallah ⓘ
Madhur Jaffrey → appearedIn → Shakespeare-Wallah ⓘ
Madhur Jaffrey → awardReceivedFor → Shakespeare-Wallah ⓘ
Jennifer Kendal → notableWork → Shakespeare-Wallah ⓘ