Black Shalwar - Script

Black Shalwar – Script

Series name	Production: Love Comes in at the Window
Description	This following pages belong to the first scene of Rukhsana Ahmad’s script for ‘Black Shalwar’ which was one of the two plays of Kali Theatre Company’s first double-bill, ‘Love Comes in at the Window’.
Date of Creation / Publication	1998
Creator	Ahmad, Rukhsana
Associated Person/ Organisation	Wolf, Rita
Location
Collection and Reference Number	Kali Theatre Company (GB 2661 KT)
Catalogue Number	KT/PRO/LC/10
Copyright
Access to originals	The originals are located at Kali Theatre Company.
Series notes	Love Comes in at the Window was Kali Theatre Company’s first double-bill production featuring The Ecstasy by Anu Kumar and Black Shalwar by Rukhsana Ahmad. The Ecstasy depicts the relationship between three people, Amit, a sculptor, Jackie, an older woman who becomes Amit’s model and friend, and Sanjay, his boyfriend. It deals with themes of love, friendship and homosexuality. The cast includes: Ashvin Kumar Joshi as Sanjay, Adele Salem as Jackie and Royce Ullah as Amit. Rukhsana Ahmad’s adaptation of Saadat Hasan Manto’s short story ‘Kali Shalwar’ is set in pre-partition India and explores the life of Sultana, a prostitute, whose attempts at finding love are unsuccessful. The cast of Black Shalwar include: Ashvin Kumar Joshi as Sankar, Adele Salem as Sultana and Royce Ullah as Khuda Buksh. The production team for Love Comes in at the Window include: Director, Helena Uren, Set Designer, Sophia Lovell Smith and Lighting Designer, David Lawrence. Love Comes in at the Window played in London at the Oval House, and toured in 1998 to the following venues: the Harrow Arts Centre, Watermans Art Centre in Brentford, The Mill Arts Centre in Banbury, The South Street Arts Centre in Reading, The Chipping Norton Theatre, Maltings Arts Centre in St. Alban’s, The Gantry in Southampton, Bowen West Theatre in Bedford, Darlington Arts Centre in Darlington, Live Theatre in Newcastle-Upon Tyne, Queen Elizabeth Hall in Bristol and the Hawth Theatre in Crawley.
Collection notes	The Kali Theatre Company collection consists of digitised material which fall into two categories: items which relate to Kali Theatre’s productions, such as programmes, flyers and photographs and material which provides information about workshops and outreach programmes.