Shakespearewallah | Preti Taneja, Vishal Bhardwaj and Thea Buckley in conversation with Arani Ilankuberan
The universality of Shakespeare’s stories and the staple human sensibilities that they grapple with are a perennial part of the literature of the world. Writer and screenwriter Preti Taneja’s debut novel, We That Are Young, is a modern-day retelling of King Lear, based in contemporary India. Film director, screenwriter and producer Vishal Bhardwaj has adapted Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Hamlet and Othello into Indian sensibilities.Thea Buckley completed her Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship on South Indian Shakespeares at Queen’s University Belfast, where she now works in Internationalisation. In conversation with Head of South Asian Collections at The British Library Arani Ilankuberan, Taneja, Bhardwaj, and Buckley speak of India’s enduring love for Shakespeare, and the influence of his work on contemporary literature.
Presented by Hawthornden Foundation
