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  • Watch: This inflight safety demonstration video is inspired by British period drama

    Watch: This inflight safety demonstration video is inspired by British period drama

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 28, 2024 · 03:22 pm
  • 45 years after its ban in Kenya, the play that shaped Ngũgĩ’s writing and activism comes home

    45 years after its ban in Kenya, the play that shaped Ngũgĩ’s writing and activism comes home

    Peter Kimani, The Conversation
    · Jun 22, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • Why women were not allowed to act in William Shakespeare’s plays until 1660

    Why women were not allowed to act in William Shakespeare’s plays until 1660

    Elizabeth Steinway, The Conversation
    · Mar 31, 2022 · 05:30 pm
  • Watch: This clip from Pakistani drama serial ‘Oye Motti’ is infuriating many on social media

    Watch: This clip from Pakistani drama serial ‘Oye Motti’ is infuriating many on social media

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 09, 2021 · 03:19 pm
  • ‘Betrayed By Hope’: A new play visits the life of poet and writer Michael Madhusudan Dutt

    ‘Betrayed By Hope’: A new play visits the life of poet and writer Michael Madhusudan Dutt

    Namita Gokhale Malashri Lal
    · Feb 02, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • Watch: British diplomat saves student from drowning in South West China

    Watch: British diplomat saves student from drowning in South West China

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 18, 2020 · 04:20 pm
  • The story of star-crossed lovers Suthon and Manora lives on in Thailand’s dance and drama

    The story of star-crossed lovers Suthon and Manora lives on in Thailand’s dance and drama

    Jana Igunma
    · Jul 26, 2020 · 09:30 pm
  • Why ‘The Tempest’ matters today: Shakespeare’s play is entangled with slavery and freedom

    Why ‘The Tempest’ matters today: Shakespeare’s play is entangled with slavery and freedom

    Paul Yachnin and Hannah Korell, The Conversation
    · Nov 13, 2019 · 05:30 pm
  • ‘Untitled-1’: Read a scene from the play that won Annie Zaidi The Hindu Playwright Award 2018

    ‘Untitled-1’: Read a scene from the play that won Annie Zaidi The Hindu Playwright Award 2018

    Annie Zaidi
    · Aug 17, 2018 · 05:30 pm
  • A world in your ears: Radio’s dramatic rebirth in the digital age

    A world in your ears: Radio’s dramatic rebirth in the digital age

    Richard Brooks, The Conversation
    · Nov 02, 2016 · 11:30 pm