A Passage to India

Adaptations

  • In 1948, an adaptation by George Lefferts aired on NBC University Theatre, featuring Alma Lawton, Ben Wright, and Joseph Schildkraut as Dr. Aziz.[19]
  • A Passage to India (play), A play written by Santha Rama Rau based on the novel that ran on the West End in 1960, and on Broadway in 1962.[20] A 1965 BBC television version of the play was broadcast in their Play of the Month series.[21]
  • The Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray intended to direct a theatrical adaptation of the novel, but the project was never realised.[22]
  • The 1984 film version directed by David Lean, and starring Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, James Fox, Peggy Ashcroft and Alec Guinness, won two Oscars and numerous other awards.[23]
  • Martin Sherman wrote an additional version for the stage, that premiered at the Shared Experience in Richmond in 2002.[24] It has toured the UK and played at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theater in November 2004.[25]

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