Renu Setna
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Renu Setna is an Indian-born Parsi actor working in the United Kingdom. He is perhaps best known for his appearance as the shopkeeper Mr. Kittel in In Sickness and in Health.
Setna made an appearance in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, in the episode "Cash and Curry", where he played a trickster who cons Del and Rodney out of £2000.
Setna began his acting career after winning a scholarship to RADA in 1960. He has played roles in productions from Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Calcutta, Hyderabad and Bangalore. Before this he was employed building houses as manual labourer in the 1950s. [citation needed]
Setna has appeared in a diverse number of television shows. He has appeared on Z-Cars, Doomwatch, I, Claudius, Cloud Burst, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Only Fools and Horses, Doctor Who (in the serial The Hand of Fear), Crossroads, The Bill, Open All Hours, Are You Being Served?, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, In Sickness and in Health, Holby City, Silent Witness and Collision.
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Renu`s stage work includes the first multi-racial and multi-national production of Bertolt Brecht `s Mother Courage and her Children , Apirl 28th , 1982, presented by Internationalist Theatre, and directed by Peter Stevenson.[1][1] His casting in the role of the Chaplain drew outrage from the {{time Out]] critic , Malcolm Hay : "the casting only inspires a whole host of irreverent questions: what on earth, say, is an American sergeant (Carl Stephen James) doing in seventeenth century Europe? And how did a Pakistani (Renu Setna) chaplain get into the Swedish army?".[2][3]
He currently lives in Wimbledon, London.
References
- ^ Bertholt Brecht (March 1982). "Internationalist Theatre Production of Mother Courage and Her Children". Mother Courage and Her Children – via theatricalia.com.
- ^ Malcolm Hay (13 May 1982). "Review of Mother Courage". Time Out magazine – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Malcolm Hay (13 May 1982). "Full Review of Mother Courage". Time Out magazine – via Internet Archive.
External links
- Renu Setna at IMDb
- [2] link to photos and reviews of Renu Setna as the Chaplain in Peter Stevenson`s production of Brecht`s ` Mother Courage` for Internationalist Theatre
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