---
title: 'Shakespeare Wallah (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Ivory'
released: '1965-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'India'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shakespeare-wallah-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059709/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shakespeare Wallah (1965)

1965 · 120 min · Drama · India, United States


## Synopsis

Shakespeare Wallah is a 1965 Merchant Ivory Productions film about a travelling family theatre troupe of English actors who perform Shakespeare plays in towns across India, amidst the rise of the Hindi film industry and a dwindling demand for their work.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Ismail Merchant](https://cinepixo.com/people/ismail-merchant)
- **Director:** [James Ivory](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-ivory)
- **Screenplay:** [James Ivory](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-ivory), [Ruth Prawer Jhabvala](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-prawer-jhabvala)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Satyajit Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/satyajit-ray)
- **Director of Photography:** [Subrata Mitra](https://cinepixo.com/people/subrata-mitra)
- **Editor:** [Amit Bose](https://cinepixo.com/people/amit-bose)

## Cast

- [Shashi Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/shashi-kapoor)
- [Geoffrey Kendal](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-kendal)
- [Prayag Raj](https://cinepixo.com/people/prayag-raj)
- [Utpal Dutt](https://cinepixo.com/people/utpal-dutt)
- [Partap Sharma](https://cinepixo.com/people/partap-sharma)
- [Madhur Jaffrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/madhur-jaffrey)
- [Laura Liddell](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-liddell)
- [Felicity Kendal](https://cinepixo.com/people/felicity-kendal)
- [Ismail Merchant](https://cinepixo.com/people/ismail-merchant)

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