Edinburgh Festival to feature Hyderabadi plays

Edinburgh Festival to feature Hyderabadi plays
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The world’s prestigious theatre and arts festival, Edinburgh Festival near London in UK that draws two million audience over a month, will feature two plays of Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Foundation, ‘Quli: Dilon ka Shahzaada’ and ‘1857: Turrebaz Khan’.  

The world’s prestigious theatre and arts festival, Edinburgh Festival near London in UK that draws two million audience over a month, will feature two plays of Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Foundation, ‘Quli: Dilon ka Shahzaada’ and ‘1857: Turrebaz Khan’.

The Festival begins in the first week of August, featuring the world’s best theatre directors and actors and has invited Mohammad Ali Baig to present his popular plays for a week, and to premiere a new play based on Deccan’s freedom fighter Turrebaz Khan’s life. Baig has earlier created history in Turkey last year, when he was the first Indian playwright-director-actor to perform there and with this prestigious festival in UK.

While ‘Quli: Dilon ka Shahzaada’ that was earlier staged in USA, UK, France, Canada and Turkey features Mohammad Ali Baig in the role of the romantic poet-prince, and ‘1857: Turrebaz Khan’ has him playing the legendary title role.

The Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Foundation team will be on a three-week tour of UK and the London premiere of ‘1857: Turrebaz Khan’ is scheduled on 18 August, 2016.

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