The Empress
Over the past 25 years, Tanika Gupta has written over 25 stage plays that have been produced in major theatres across the UK and has written extensively for BBC Radio drama. Some of her theatre credits include: A Doll's House (Lyric Hammersmith) Red Dust Road - adaptation of Jackie Kay's memoir (NT Scotland); Bones (Central School for Speech and Drama) Hobson's Choice (Manchester Royal Exchange); Lions And Tigers (Globe Theatre); A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (Hull Truck Theatre); Midsummer Night's Dream (Globe Theatre -Dramaturg); Anita and Me (Birmingham Rep); Love N Stuff (Theatre Royal Stratford East); The Empress (Royal Shakespeare Company); Wah! Wah! Girls - A British Bollywood Musical (Sadler's Wells); Mindwalking (Bandbazi Theatre); Great Expectations (Watford Palace Theatre/English Touring Theatre); Meet The Mukherjees (Bolton Octagon Theatre); White Boy (National Youth Theatre/Soho Theatre); Sugar Mummies (Royal Court Theatre); Gladiator Games (Sheffield Crucible Theatre); Hobson's Choice (Young Vic); Fragile Land (Hampstead Theatre); Inside Out (Clean Break); Sanctuary, Brecht's The Good Woman Of Setzuan and The Waiting Room (National The
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The Empress (Student Editions) - Softcover
The Empress (Paperback)
Tanika Gupta
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, At East London's Tilbury Docks, Rani Das and Abdul Karim, step ashore after the long voyage from India. One has to battle a society who deems her a second-class citizen; the other forges an astonishing entanglement with the ageing Queen Victoria who finds herself enchanted by stories of an India over which she rules, but has never h narrative, music and song, The Empress blends the true story of Queen Victorias controversial relationship with her Indian servant and Munshi (teacher), Abdul Karim, with the experiences of Indian ayahs who came to Britain during the 19th century. With private romance being mapped onto world history, the action cuts between the ship and different royal residences, offering bright contrasts as well as surprising affinities. In doing so, the play uncovers remarkable unknown stories of 19th-century Britain and charts the growth of Indian nationalism and the romantic proclivities of one of Britain&#
The Empress
RANI, a young year-old ayah enters. She is dressed simply in a sari and has two young English children with her. The children scamper about the deck getting in the way as the lascars work. RANI chases after the children playing hide and seek but they evade her.
RANI: | Ek, duy, teen, char, paach…Pookee! I’m coming to get you! I can hear you! You’re giggling! Where are my babies? Have they fallen in the sea? |
HARI: | Will I see you later? |
RANI: | I’m not sure when I can get away. |
HARI: | Even brats need to sleep. |
RANI: | Hari! |
HARI: | See |
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