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| Renu Setna | |
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| Born | Karachi, British India |
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Renu Setna is an Indian-born Parsi actor working in the United Kingdom. He is perhaps best known for his appearance as the shopkeeper Mr. Kittel in In Sickness and in Health.[1]
In May 19, 2003 the BBC published an article "Two high-profile British Asian actors, Albert Moses and Renu Setna, complained in trade newspaper The Stage that home-grown talent was being overlooked "[2]
Career[edit]
Setna began his acting career after winning a scholarship to RADA in 1960. He has played roles in productions from Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Calcutta, Hyderabad and Bangalore. Before this he was employed building houses as a manual labourer in the 1950s.
Setna has appeared in some of Britain`s most successful television series: Z-Cars, Doomwatch, I, Claudius, Cloud Burst, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Only Fools and Horses,[3] Doctor Who (in the serial The Hand of Fear), Crossroads, The Bill, Open All Hours, Are You Being Served?, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, In Sickness and in Health, Holby City, Silent Witness and Collision.[4][5]
Renu Setna`s stage work includes Khahil Gibran at the Commonwealth Theatre in London, [6] Shakespeare roles ,[7] Ghandi directed by Peter Stevenson with John Castle in the title role at the Tricycle Theatre, and the role of the Chaplain in Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht also directed by Peter Stevenson[8] for Internationalist Theatre[9] for which he gained good notices in The Stage[10][11] [12]
Notes: Setna in theatre and film studies[edit]
- 'Alternatives Within the Mainstream: British Black and Asian Theatres'. [1]
- 'Paving the Empire Road: BBC Television and West Indian Immigration'.[2]
- 'Cinema and Community' - Page 132 - [3]
- The Daily Express exposed the racial sterotypes portrayed in BBC soap operas in ' Why are BBC bosses so nervous about making It Ain't Half Hot Mum available again' in which Setna acted.
He currently lives in Wimbledon, London.
References[edit]
- ↑ "BBC One - In Sickness and in Health - Episode guide". BBC. May 2003 – via bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "Two High profile British Asian actors". BBC. May 2003 – via bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ Graham (May 2003). "Only-Fools-and-Horses-by-Graham-McCann-review". Telegraph – via telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ Digitv Guide (2018). "TV roles played by Renu Setna". digiguide – via digiguide.tv.
- ↑ BBC Drama (2018). "BBC Hustle role played by Renu Setna". BBC – via bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ Khahil Gibran (1985). "Khahil Gibran". Renu Setna – via virtualpune.com.
- ↑ Warwick University (2018). "Renu Setna`s Shakespeare roles". bbashakespaere – via warwick.ac.uk.
- ↑ theatricalia. "Mother Courage and Her Children cast and crew retrieved from Theatricalia.com". Cast and crew of Mother Courage Internationalist Theatre – via Theatricalia.com.
- ↑ Graham (2018). "Mother Courage and Her Children archiv". Bertolt-Brecht-Archiv Aufführungsmaterial – via archiv.adk.de.
- ↑ Peter Hepple (13 May 1982). "Art of Keeping alive". The Stage – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Peter Hepple (13 May 1982). "Screenshot of British Newspaper Archive The Stage review of Mother Courage Art of Keeping alive no 8". The Stage – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
- ↑ IMDB (13 May 1982). "Renu Setna IMDB publicity". IMDB – via imdb.com.
External links[edit]
- Renu Setna on IMDb
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