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William Shakespeare goes colourfully 'desi'

New Delhi: Literature, clashing cultures and global performance genres merge quaintly on the Indian stage, riding on legendary 16th century playwright William Shakespeare's works at the National School of Drama's annual theatre fest here.The fortnight-long

India TV News Desk Published : Jan 18, 2013 15:31 IST, Updated : Jan 19, 2013 6:47 IST


Theatre critics said the festival reflected the globalization of a trend that began nearly 300 years ago in India when the British rulers brought Shakespeare's plays to these shores to entertain the "white crew" of the erstwhile East India Company.



Today, Shakespeare has become part of the Indian heritage, a favourite across class and language divides. His works now spawn cross-cultural innovations.

The flavour of Shakespeare on the Indian stage is now one of innovative conceptualism, where the bard's stories are expressed as ideas.

"Yamadoothu - After the death of Othello" - a bilingual adaptation of Othello in Malayalam and Hindi by B. Abhimanyu dramatises the 30 minutes between the death of the body and the death of mind in the case of Othello, his wife Desdemona and the chief antagonist, Iago. The play runs for 73 minutes.

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