A TASTE FOR MANGOES, 2003

Written & Directed by Jatinder Verma
Design by Claudia Mayer
Music: V Chandran

First performed 18th November 2003, Wiltons Music Hall, London

Photos: Talulah Sheppard

The story of a lost moment in the Anglo-Indian love affair, based on a painting by an unknown Indian artist in Delhi in the early years of the 19th century.

The painting depicts Sir David Ochterlony (the first East Indian Company representative at the court of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam) enjoying a naatch (dance presentation).

Presented in the oldest Music Hall in London, the play's central narrative figure was a Poet-Cook, who made a mango-naan on-stage.

Cast: Gerard Murphy, Soni Razdan, Koel Purie, Chix Chandaria, Ashvin K Joshi, Murali Menon. With Music by V Chandran

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