What Shakespearian work was an Urdu play published in 1908 based on?
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Said-e-Hawas Said-e-Hawas is an Urdu play by Agha Hashar Kashmiri, based on Shakespeare's "King John". It was published in 1908.
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King John (play) King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199–1216), son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England. It is believed to have been written in the mid-1590s but was not published until it appeared in the First Folio in 1623.
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The Devil (play) Iblis (Azerbaijani: "İblis / ابلیس" ) is a verse play (verse dram), tragedy in four acts of an Azerbaijani poet and playwright Huseyn Javid, written in 1918. Ideological credo of Javid is revealed in the play, a mysthic flaw is strongly expressed and the poet’s thoughts about a problem of human’s happiness followed by the imperialistic war are reflected in the poem.
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Kanzul Iman Kanzul Iman (Urdu and Arabic: کنزالایمان) meaning as 'Treasure of Faith ' is an Urdu paraphrase translation of the Qur'an by Ahmad Raza Khan produced in 1911. It is associated with the Barelvi movement.
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Mirza Hadi Ruswa Mirza Muhammad Hadi Ruswa (Urdu: ‎ (1857 – 21 October 1931) was an Urdu poet and writer of fiction, plays, and treatises (mainly on religion, philosophy, and astronomy). He remained on the Nizam of Awadh's advisory board on language matters for years. He was well-versed in Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, English, Latin, and Greek.
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A Slight Ache A Slight Ache is a tragicomic play written by Harold Pinter in 1958 and first published by Methuen in London in 1961. It concerns a married couple's dreams and desires, focusing mostly on the husband's fears of the unknown, of growing old, and of the "Other" as a threat to his self-identity.
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An Englishman's Home An Englishman's Home is a threat-of-invasion play by Guy du Maurier, first produced in 1909. The title is a reference to the expression "an Englishman's home is his castle".
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The Courageous Turk The Courageous Turk, or Amurath I is a play by the Jacobean dramatist Thomas Goffe, first performed in 1618 and published posthumously in 1632. The plot is based primarily on passages from "The generall historie of the Turkes" by Richard Knolles. The play purports to be an account of the life of the Ottoman Emperor Murad I, called "Amurath," but it also incorporates elements from Knolles's description of the life of Mehmed II.
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Rashid Jahan Rashid Jahan (1905–1952) was an Indian writer who inaugurated a new era of Urdu literature written by women. She wrote short-stories and plays and is perhaps best remembered for her involvement with the explosive "Angaaray" (1931), a collection of groundbreaking and unconventional short stories written by young writers in Urdu like Sajjad Zaheer and Ahmed Ali.
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Amjad Islam Amjad Amjad Islam Amjad, PP, Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Urdu: امجد اسلام امجد) (born 4 August 1944) is an Urdu poet, drama writer and lyricist from Pakistan. He has received many awards for his literary work and screenplay for TV, including Pride of Performance and Sitara-e-Imtiaz.
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Nasir Chinyoti Nasir Chinyoti (ناصر چنیوٹی) is a Pakistani actor. He is a comedian, stage, and TV actor. He is from Chiniot. He started his acting at Multan Stage. He has starred in many stage dramas/telefilms in various languages, including Urdu and Punjabi. He is most notable for comedy stage dramas based in Lahore. He is famous for using improvised dialogue during stage plays.
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A Yorkshire Tragedy A Yorkshire Tragedy is an early Jacobean era stage play, a domestic tragedy printed in 1608. The play was originally assigned to William Shakespeare, though the modern critical consensus rejects this attribution, favouring Thomas Middleton.
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Edward the King (play) Edward The King is a 2008 two-act play by American playwright David Brendan Hopes. The play is an adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's play "Edward II", which in turn is a dramatization of the real-life story of Edward II of England.
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Nazm Nazm (Urdu نظم) is a major part of the Urdu poetry, that is normally written in rhymed verse and also in modern prose style poems. Nazm is a significant genre of Urdu poetry; the other one is known as Ghazal (Urdu: غزل).
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Baarish mein deewar Baarish mein deewar (Urdu: ‎ ) is a Pakistani comic-socio-political telefilm created and produced by Azfar Ali in 2008, under the banner of Aag Films.
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Richard II (play) King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595. It is based on the life of King Richard II of England (ruled 1377–1399) and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by some scholars as the Henriad, followed by three plays concerning Richard's successors: "Henry IV, Part 1"; "Henry IV, Part 2"; and "Henry V".
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Haseena Moin Haseena Moin is a Pakistani dramatist, playwright and scriptwriter. She has written several plays for stage, radio and television, some of which have even gained international repute. She is the recipient of the Pride of Performance award for her services to the performing arts in Pakistan. She wrote Pakistan's first original script 'Kiran Kahani' aired in the early-1970s. Before this PTV relied on novel-based scripts for dramas. She is considered to be the best playwright and dramatist Pakistan has ever witnessed.
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Zaka Siddiqi Zaka Siddiqi (1937-2003) was an Urdu poet and a critic of Urdu and Persian poetry. His published works include "Aamadnaama", "Aaj Ki Shab Phir Sannaata", and "Makaateebe Habeeb".
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Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (Kashmiri: दया शंकर कौल नसीम , Urdu: دیا شنکر کول نسیم‎ ) was a Urdu poet of the 19th century who is best known for his epic "Gul Bakawali". He was defended by Brij Narayan Chakbast when it was suggested that he was not the author of this book. The poet lived from 1811–1845.
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The Fountain of Christianity The Fountain of Christianity (Urdu: "Chashma-e-Masihi") is a book written by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian and published in 1906. The first English translation was published in Pakistan in 1970. It was written in response to William St. Clair Tisdall's book, "The Original Sources of the Qur'an" (Persian: "Yanabi ul Islam").
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Qayyum Nazar Qayyum Nazar (1914 - 1989), was a prominent Urdu Language poet from Pakistan. Along with fellow Urdu poets Meeraji and Noon Meem Rashid, Nazar was a member of the Pakistani literary circle, Halqa-e Arbab-e Zauq. Nazar was born in Lahore in British Raj, India. He worked as a professor at the Government College, Lahore. He wrote many books of Urdu poetry, specializing in classical forms of poetry. His first published ghazal was printed in 1933. He represented the new wave of Urdu ghazals and was impressed by many classic Urdu poets, especially two other masters of the ghazal, Mir Taqi Mir, an 18th-century poet considered the founder of Urdu poetry, and Fani Badayuni, an earlier 20th-century Urdu poet.
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Umrao Jaan Ada (film) Umrao Jaan Ada (film) (Urdu: امراؤ جان ادا‎ ), is the 1972 Pakistani film directed by the Hasan Tariq. "Umrao Jaan Ada" is based on the 1905 novel "Umrao Jaan Ada" written by Mirza Hadi Ruswa. The film stars Rani, Shahid, Zumurrud and Aasia.Music is by Nisar Bazmi.