Shekkhopir-deshe Durbhikkho: Final Graphic Art

Description

The story of Shekkhopir-deshe Durbhikkho (Famine in Shakespeare-land) is based on academic sources and research which were discussed with the artist Trinankur Banerjee. Trinankur had access to research materials and sources relevant to the story, and from this basis, he developed initial ideas and approaches, discussed these with the project team, conducted further research, and created experimental storylines and sketches. He tried out different styles of characterisation and historical representation. In this final version of his story, he imagines dearth through the Shakespearean character Sir John Falstaff, and constructs a mock-Elizabethan drama staging the disturbing coexistence of famine and plenty.

Creator

Banerjee, Trinankur

Source

Hugh Platt, Remedies for Famine (London: 1596).
William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2.
"Famine", "Of Dearth", "Gluttony", in Englands Parnassus, ed. Robert Allott (London: 1600).
The Famine and Dearth in India and Britain, 1550-1800 database.

Publisher

University of Exeter

Date

2020-07

Contributor

Alderson, Eve
Brock, Dan
Dutta, Shrutakirti
Elsender, Francis
Fereday, Graham
Gupta, Abhijit
Halder, Bhagirath
Hammond, Sophie
Holding, Richard
Long, Lily
Mbedzi, Tumisang
Mukherjee, Ayesha
Spence, Connor
Tupman, Charlotte

Rights

CC BY-NC

Format

Digital

Language

English

Type

Graphic Narrative

Coverage

England; 1595-98

Original Format

Digital painting

Physical Dimensions

29.7 cm x 21 cm