Five centuries after his demise, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) continues to symbolize the fullest exploration of theatre to represent the gamut of human experience and capture its heights and depths. No playwright in history has been rendered into other languages as often, or been appreciated by an audience as widespread, as Shakespeare has been, particularly in the twentieth century.

Prakriti Foundation’s commitment to theatre brought inevitably to Shakespeare’s work, except that we were interested in exploring the Indian twist – how have Indian individuals and groups, actors and directors chosen to interpret Shakespeare? The result of this thought process is Hamara Shakespeare, a festival of 3 plays derived from Shakespeare, performed every February in Chennai. The first edition of Hamara Shakespeare was celebrated at the Museum Theatre from the 23rd to the 25th of February, 2007.

Hamara Shakespeare Festival
The annual Festival of "Hamara Shakespeare", that presented Shakespeare in Indian languages was held by Prakriti Foundation on Feb 14 , 15 &16th 2008