What initially set you on the path of researching and examining the friendship between Victoria and Abdul Karim? I knew that Queen Victoria enjoyed having curries and that she had some Indian ...

Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal) arrives from India to participate in Queen Victoria's (Dame Judi Dench's) golden jubilee. The young clerk is surprised to find favor with the Queen. As Victoria questions ...

Abdul challenges Queen Victoria on the expansion of the British Empire and the pain and suffering this causes to those who are colonised. Abdul Karim is given as a gift to Queen Victoria for her ...

The Queen received Indian servants to mark her Golden Jubilee year. She promoted one, Abdul Karim, to become her personal teacher or ‘Munshi’. Karim instructed Victoria in Urdu and Indian ...

The play follows two separate narratives: Rani’s relationship with Hari The relationship between Queen Victoria and her Indian servant Abdul Karim. Many of the characters and actions in the play ...