Photos by Janice Rider, no reproduction without permission.
‘Come to Mecca’ was transmitted on 2 Dec 1983. It was produced by Peter Ansorge at Pebble Mill, and directed by John McGrath. It was written by the Anglo-Indian writer, Farrukh Dhondy.
The story involves Shahid, who is delighted when Betty asks him to go to a meeting at her house. It is about the crossover and misunderstandings between different cultures.
The play stars, Sharman Macdonald (Betty), Dinesh Shukla, Nick Stringer, Moti Makan, Paul Anil, along with Zia Mohyeddin and Phil Daniels.
Janice Rider worked in the costume department, and took these polaroids for continuity reasons, so that the actors’ costumes matched from scene to scene and shoot to shoot.
