Title: When Hamlet came to Mizoram... /
Authors: Butalia, Pankaj, 1950-; Palit, Ranjan; Jain, Sameera; Vital Films (Firm)
Year: 2018
Subjects: Shakespeare, William,; Shakespeare, William, Stage history India Mizoram.; Shakespeare, William, Dramatic production.; Shakespeare, William,; Hamlet (Shakespeare, William); Theater India Mizoram.; Lushai (Asian people) India Mizoram.; Lushai (Asian people); Theater; India Mizoram
Abstract: "Mizoram is a small tribal area in the north east of India - near the Burma border. For a hundred years now, the area has been under the influence of Christianity and the Indigenous tribal culture has almost disappeared. In the 1940s, J.F. Laldailova, an interpreter in the British Indian army, translated some of the plays of Shakespeare into Mizo. Since then there has been a love affair between the Bard and the Mizos. In the early 1980s an amateur play group performed "Hamlet" in Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram. The play was a sensational hit. Audio cassettes of the play were made and they sold like hot cakes. The film documents this phenomenon and the environment it takes place in."--Container.