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'Pray you, sit by us, and tell's a tale. Merry or sad shall't be? As merry as you will. A sad tale's best for winter.' A tale of passion, jealousy, fantasy and fairytale, the play charts the transition from winter to spring, tragedy to comedy, and revenge to romance. It is the story of high adventure where an angry King falsely accuses and discards his family to his later regret A rare opportunity to see one of Shakespeare's best loved plays performed in Urdu by an acclaimed professional company from Karachi, Pakistan.This joyous play with its miraculous reunion has deep resonances in a patriarchal culture, where the notion of honour can lead to terrible acts, whether Elizabethan England or modern day Pakistan. Presented in Collaboration with Alchemy Programming Partners British Council.
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