Details

Beginning in 1893 against the back drop of Colonial Britain, this uncompromising story charts the lives of two sisters brought up as 'society ladies and Indian princesses who struggle to define their place and identity as colonial traditions decline and Indian nationalism and an era of modernity are on the rise. Their dead father, a deposed Maharajah of the Punjab forced into exile in Britain is a powerful absent figure. The two princesses search to reconcile their family background with their life in London. They try to come to terms with the complexities and conflict in their lives: Sophia is an active suffragette and develops a strained relationship with a British Colonial officer given the job of keeping an eye on them. Sophia disapproves of Catherine s lesbian relationship with her German governess and with the rising of the First World War the British government adds further anxieties. The story takes us up to 1948 as Sophia approaches the end of her life as a new India is born.

Cast/Performers

Sakuntala Ramanee, Parminder Sekhon, Grant Burgin, Mandy Vernon Smith

Creatives/Company

Author: Clive Bradley
Company: Mehtab Theatre
Director: David Meyer