Flora Crewe, a young poet travelling India in 1930, has her portrait painted by a local artist. More than fifty years later, the artist's son visits Flora's sister in London while her would-be biographer is following a cold trail in India.
The alternation of place and period in Tom Stoppard's play (based on his radio play In the Native State) makes for a rich and moving exploration of intimate lives set against one of the great shifts of history, the emergence of the Indian sub-continent from the grip of Empire.
Indian Ink was first performed at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, and opened at the Aldwych Theatre, London, in February 1995.
| ISBN: | 9780571175567 |
| Publication date: | 6th March 1995 |
| Author: | Tom Stoppard |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 83 pages |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |