The Beautiful Violin

Stage Play

The Beautiful Violin
Written byAdam Strickson
GenreJatra

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
  • The Square Chapel, Halifax

Cast

  • Ahad Ullah
  • Balvinder Sopal - Bhelua
  • Everal Walsh - Vivek
  • Perveen Hussain
  • Jaleel Akhtar
  • Ross Millar

References

  1. ^ Dr Adam Strickson
  2. ^ http://www.artscape.org.uk/detail_page2.php?id=3707 [dead link]
  3. ^ Iain Bloomfield Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
  • Peshkar's official website
  • Peshkar's Arts Council profile
  • Interview with Adam Strickson
  • Review of the play by Dominic Rai