Main content
Shakespeare in the World - India
Episode 3 of 4
From the Bollywood screen to village storytellers - how has India adopted Shakespeare?
Nikki Bedi explores how India has taken the works of an Englishman brought to them by British colonists in the 18th Century and adapted them for modern audiences everywhere. From the Bollywood screen to storytellers in remote villages, Nikki looks at how people are using Shakespeare’s stories of love, power and revenge to speak to the concerns of contemporary India.
Last on
Sun 8 May 201609:06GMT
BBC World Service except News Internet
Broadcasts
- Thu 5 May 201601:06GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
- Thu 5 May 201602:06GMTBBC World Service Online & UK DAB/Freeview only
- Thu 5 May 201603:06GMTBBC World Service East Asia
- Thu 5 May 201604:06GMTBBC World Service Australasia & South Asia only
- Thu 5 May 201606:06GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa
- Thu 5 May 201614:06GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
- Thu 5 May 201621:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & News Internet
- Sat 7 May 201602:32GMTBBC World Service Europe and the Middle East, East Asia & West and Central Africa only
- Sat 7 May 201619:32GMTBBC World Service West and Central Africa & East and Southern Africa only
- Sun 8 May 201609:06GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
The Documentary Podcast
Hear more documentaries from the BBC World Service
Podcast
![]()
The Compass
With ideas too big for a single episode, The Compass presents mini-series about society
