Film

Hamlet (UK/USA)

(242 min; 1996; dvd; English) 

Director: Kenneth Branagh

With Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi

Recipient of the Empire Award for Best Actress, Empire Awards, UK 1998; Special Jury Award, Evening Standard British Film Awards 1998; and Best Cinematography Awards, British Society of Cinematographers 1997

With his Hamlet, Ken Branagh presents as uncompromised and unabridged version of Shakespeare's best-known tragedy as humanly possible

(Courtesy: British Council Division)

 

At 15:00

Quiz Programme

“Lend me your ears” : An Open Quiz on Shakespeare, his life and works

The life, works and neologisms of Shakespeare as well as the endless literature and media responses that these have spawned lend themselves to a delightful collection of trivia.

The Shakespeare quiz is a celebration of the quirky and the quotable about the Bard.

Seema Chari, author, polyglot and anchor, will quiz Shakespeare enthusiasts of all persuasions about the life and times of the greatest English dramatist of all time

Organised by Xpress Minds Edutainment Pvt. Ltd. 

 

 

At 18:00

Adapting Shakespeare to the Indian Stage

A discussion coordinated by Professor Tripurari Sharma, National School of Drama and Professor Shormistha Panja, University of Delhi

Speakers: Prof. Tripurari Sharma, Raj Bisaria, K. Rajendran and others

Exhibition: Archival Photographs from Shakespearean adaptations produced by National School of Drama