Empress
by Tanika Gupta
Empress is a play by Tanika Gupta, first staged as The Empress by the RSC at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in 2013. Opening in 1887, Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee year, it follows Rani, an Indian ayah abandoned in London, alongside the Queen's friendship with Abdul Karim.
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- Oberon Books, 2013
The first edition of Empress by Tanika Gupta was published by Oberon Books in 2013. We track 2 editions.
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Who published the first edition of Empress?
The first edition of Empress by Tanika Gupta was published by Oberon Books in 2013.
How many editions of Empress are there?
We track 2 editions of Empress, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- The Empress, Reviewsgate, 2013 (reviewsgate.co.uk)
- The Empress (play), Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Tanika Gupta, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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