The Beautiful Violin is a play by Adam Strickson [1]. Written in the Jatra (Bengal) style, it takes place during the 19th century in rural Bangladesh and tells the story of a tragic romance. It was co-commissioned by Peshkar Productions and the Oldham Coliseum Theatre. It was nominated for the Best New Play category at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards of 2002. [2]
The piece was directed by Iain Bloomfield and toured nationally to the following venues in 2002 [3]:
Ahad Ullah [7]
Balvinder Sopal - Bhelua [8]
Everal Walsh - Vivek [9]
Perveen Hussain
Jaleel Akhtar
Ross Millar (actor)