Literary Theatre
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Why this book on Safdar Hashmi’s death and life is a great start for the history of street theatre
Sudhanva Deshpande’s ‘Halla Bol: The Death and Life of Safdar Hashmi’ breaks new ground in combining history with biography.
Souradeep Roy
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Kolkata’s commercial theatre was built on literature, but was looked down on by the intelligentsia
A new video captures a history through play and novel readings.
Saikat Majumdar
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How Shakespeare shaped his plays (and made Hamlet fat) to suit his leading man
Richard Burbage was the first person to play Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth but he did not age particularly well.
Lisa Hopkins, The Conversation
Trending
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Will Indian schools ever be ready to give students sex education?
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Comedian Shyam Rangeela’s poll nomination from Varanasi rejected
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Watch: The trailer of ‘Panchayat’ season 3 is out
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In Saudi Arabia’s scaled-down plans for megacity across the desert – a warning sign for the future
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‘Untitled-1’: Read a scene from the play that won Annie Zaidi The Hindu Playwright Award 2018
‘Set in a dystopian future, it examines the metaphors in the stories we relate about ourselves...’
Annie Zaidi
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It’s playtime: An Indian repertory company is making children’s theatre more inclusive
Gillo Repertory performs its adaptations of popular books for children in cities as well as villages.
Damini Kulkarni
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How did a forgotten play by Shakespeare resurface in Malayalam in Kerala?
‘Pericles, Prince Of Tyre’ is set by the seaside, features sea voyages and a comic scene with fishermen.
Anam Rizvi
Video
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Video: Being Muslim in today’s India
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Watch: Massive rainstorm hits Mumbai, strong winds knock down trees, damage cars
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‘Barking news’: Woman turns journalist to ‘report’ on mischiefs and complaints by her pet dogs
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Watch: Comedian presents TV newsroom discussion in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’ style
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Watch: Stunning Northern Lights spotted in unexpected places around the world
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Ismat Chughtai's controversial tale of sexual exploitation in the nobility returns to the stage
Writing about sex in 'Lihaaf' was shocking in the 1940s. But to expose the upper class was an act of courage.
Alpana Chowdhury
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The prophetic story of a village cursed to live without water for five years
Komal Swaminathan's classic play, which was staged in Chennai recently, feels oracular in an age when water scarcity is upon us.
Geeta Doctor
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Rang Parwaaz Mahotsav at Prithvi Theatre
Hindi theatre group Ekjute, which is helmed by actress and director Nadira Zaheer Babbar, is celebrating its thirty-fifth anniversary with a series of plays.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘House of the Dragon’ season 2 trailer: The Targaryens go to war
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Watch: The trailer of ‘Panchayat’ season 3 is out
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‘Mr and Mrs Mahi’ trailer: Rajkummar Rao, Janhvi Kapoor in cricket-themed romance
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Start the week with a film: The unforgettable revolution of the dogs in ‘White God’
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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Wedding Album
A wedding in a family digs up long-suppressed resentments in this English drama written by Girish Karnad and directed by Lillete Dubey.
Scroll Staff
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Kambakht Bilkul Aurat
In this Hindustani play directed by Naseeruddin Shah, Manoj Pahwa, Seema Pahwa and Loveleen Misra enact Ismat Chughtai’s short stories Amar Bel, Nanhi Ki Naani.
Scroll Staff
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‘I’m the opposite of Vishal Bhardwaj and Basharat Peer and how they imagined Hamlet in Kashmir’
A conversation with the award-winning theatre director Tim Supple on his relationship with literature.
Shreya Ila Anasuya
The Field
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IPL 2024: Sam Curran plays a captain’s knock as Punjab Kings beat Rajasthan Royals
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Badminton, Thailand Open Super 500: Meiraba Maisnam stuns HS Prannoy; Satwik-Chirag, Ashmita win
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Cricket: Former Nepal captain Sandeep Lamichhane acquitted of rape charges
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Boxing, Elorda Cup: Nikhat Zareen and Abhishek Yadav among nine Indians to enter semi-final
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Olympic Games: Paris 2024 to generate revenue of over 7 billion dollars, says study