FEST "Age Cannot Wither..." Shakespeare 400 at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate > 11am on 8th & 9th December 2016

Time : 11:00 am onwards Add to Calendar 08/12/2016 11:00 09/12/2016 19:00 Asia/Kolkata FEST "Age Cannot Wither..." Shakespeare 400 Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/12/fest-age-cannot-wither-shakespeare-400.html Multipurpose Hall, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : Multipurpose Hall, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : FEST "Age Cannot Wither..." Shakespeare 400

8th December : 
Film : 11:00 am : 
Film
Hamlet (UK/USA)
(242 min; 1996; dvd; English) 
Director: Kenneth Branagh
With Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi
Recipient of the Empire Award for Best Actress, Empire Awards, UK 1998; Special Jury Award, Evening Standard British Film Awards 1998; and Best Cinematography Awards, British Society of Cinematographers 1997
With his Hamlet, Ken Branagh presents as uncompromised and unabridged version of Shakespeare's best-known tragedy as humanly possible
(Courtesy: British Council Division)

At 15:00
Quiz Programme
“Lend me your ears” : An Open Quiz on Shakespeare, his life and works
The life, works and neologisms of Shakespeare as well as the endless literature and media responses that these have spawned lend themselves to a delightful collection of trivia.
The Shakespeare quiz is a celebration of the quirky and the quotable about the Bard.
Seema Chari, author, polyglot and anchor, will quiz Shakespeare enthusiasts of all persuasions about the life and times of the greatest English dramatist of all time
Organised by Xpress Minds Edutainment Pvt. Ltd. 

At 18:00
Adapting Shakespeare to the Indian Stage
A discussion coordinated by Professor Tripurari Sharma, National School of Drama and Professor Shormistha Panja, University of Delhi
Speakers: Prof. Tripurari Sharma, Raj Bisaria, K. Rajendran and others
Exhibition: Archival Photographs from Shakespearean adaptations produced by National School of Drama

9th December : 

11:00 am 
Film : Much Ado About Nothing (UK/USA)
(111 min; 1993; dvd; English)
Director: Kenneth Branagh
With Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves
Multiple award winner including Best Actress Award, Evening Standard British Film Awards 1994; Guild Film Awards – Silver for Foreign Film, Guild of German Art House Cinema 1994; ALFS Award for British Producer of the Year, London Critics Circle Film Awards 1994; NBR Award for Top Ten Films, National Board of Review, USA 1993; among others
Sunshine and laughter, and merrymakers on a hillside sprinkled with flowers. In the opening scene of Much Ado About Nothing, Kenneth Branagh insists on the tone the movie will take: These are healthy, joyful young people whose high spirits will survive anything, even the dark double-crosses of Shakespeare's plot

At 14:00
Richard III (USA/UK)
(104 min; 1995; dvd; English)
Director: Richard Loncraine
With Ian Mckellan, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent
Multiple award winner including Bafta Film Award for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design, Bafta Awards 1997; Silver Berlin Bear for Best Director, Berlin International Film Festival 1996; European Film Award for European Actor of the Year, European Film Awards 1996; among others
Was ever there a villain such as Richard the Third? Murderer of his brother Henry VI; of Prince Edward; later of Edward's wife Anne; of his own brother Clarence; of Anne's brother Rivers; of his henchmen Grey and Vaughn; of Lord Hastings; his own two young nephews; of Lady Anne; and finally his long-loyal retainer Buckingham. All had to make way for Richard's overwhelming ambition to rise to the throne. All died in vain, as Richard was unmounted in battle and uttered the famous cry: "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!"
(Courtesy British Council Division)

At 17:00
The Abiding Appeal of Shakespeare: Some Considerations beyond the Pragmatic
Speaker: Professor Shirshendu Chakrabarti, Department of English, University of Delhi
Chair: Professor R.W. Desai
Exhibition: Archival Photographs from Shakespearean adaptations produced by National School of Drama
READINGS /CONCERT  C D DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 18:30
Sonnets: Recitation and Song
Recitations: Sunit Tandon; Sabina Mehta Jaitly; Shormistha Panja; and Anhad  Anand
Songs: Justin McCarthy (harpsichord) and Sunanda Rao Erdem and others (vocal)

Coordinator: Bhaskar Ghose

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