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'A Servant Plays for High Stakes' by Vithal Rajan - additional information.


'A Servant Plays for High Stakes' by Vithal Rajan
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Period and Geography
Locations: England and India. Time Period: 1920 to 1939
Settings and Set Complexity
Number of Sets: 1
Setting: Living Room, A Room and 'Other Location'
Set Requirements: Backdrops/simple flats and Practical Doors/Windows
The script includes characters in the following age range(s):
Unspecified ages
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Swearing rate: 1 rude word per thousand
We have identified the following types of language in the text:
Mild swearwords
Potential blasphemy
In addition to the text, the "Producer's Copy" of the Script includes the following:
A list of the required properties
Style:
A combination of Indian storytelling and chess! Simple props, but needs a means of displaying the chess moves to the audience.
Synopsis:
Game Four in the Varadachary Chess Cycle. British Chess Champion Sultan Khan recreates his 1932 defeat of Frederick Yates as an allegory for Gandhi's non-violent resistance to British colonial occupation of India.

 
 

 
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