In 1965, the Merchant Ivory Productions company released their second film, "Shakespeare Wallah," which followed the Buckinghams, a fictional family troupe of Shakespearean actors who traveled through ...

Note: A version of this review previously appeared in the Calendar section on March 2, 1998. For more than 50 years, producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory, most often in collaboration with ...

A lark, a fling, a protean evocation of life between cultures, 1965’s Shakespeare Wallah, the second Merchant Ivory production, remains a breezy and beguiling study, comedy, romance, elegy. There are ...

Manjula graces a friend’s Facebook page, chin in hand, eyes in kohl, “bored but fantastic,” as my friend says of the glamorous Sixties screen villain. Last week I met Madhur Jaffrey, the Indian ...

Shakespeare Wallah is a wry, wistful look at what is left of the English in India. It has been nearly 20 years since the British hauled down the Union Jack and went back to their tight little island.

The task is simple: walk or die.

Sensitively acted story of a British theatrical troupe in modern India. Shashi Kapoor. Lizzie: Felicity Kendal. Buckingham: Geoffrey Kendal. Mrs. Buckingham: Laura ...