The Beautiful Violin
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| The Beautiful Violin | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Adam Strickson |
| Genre | Jatra |
The Beautiful Violin is a play by Adam Strickson.[1] Written in the Jatra (Bengal) style, it takes place during the 19th century in rural Bangladesh and tells the story of a tragic romance. It was co-commissioned by Peshkar Productions and the Oldham Coliseum Theatre. It was nominated for the Best New Play category at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards of 2002.[2]
Original tour
The piece was directed by Iain Bloomfield and toured nationally to the following venues in 2002:[3]
- Oldham Coliseum Theatre
- Contact Theatre
- Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
- The Bradford Alhambra
- Meredith Studio, Huddersfield
- Darwen Library Theatre
- The Square Chapel, Halifax
Cast
- Ahad Ullah
- Balvinder Sopal - Bhelua
- Everal Walsh - Vivek
- Perveen Hussain
- Jaleel Akhtar
- Ross Millar
References
- ^ Dr Adam Strickson
- ^ [1]
- ^ Iain Bloomfield Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine