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ACTING AND OTHER CREDITS: ENGLISH

MACBETH by Shakespeare; 1956; Director E. Alkazi; Role-Fleance, Young Macduff.
ANTIGONE by Anouilh; in Hindi; 1957; Director E. Alkazi; Role-Antigone.
THE LADY’S NOT FOR BURNING by Christopher Fry; 1957; Shakespeare Society, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi; Role-Alison.
THE CHALK GARDEN by Enid Bagnold; 1957; Dramatic Society of Miranda House; Director Nisha Patel; Role-Laurel.
HAMLET by Shakespeare; 1957; Shakespeare Society of St. Stephen’s College; Director Rajan Chetsingh; Role-Ophelia.
THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams; 1958; Miranda House; Director Nisha Patel; Role-Laura.
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST by Shakespeare; 1958; St. Stephen’s College; Role-Rosalind.
ANTIGONE revived 1959; Theatre Unit, Bombay.
EURYDICE by Anouilh; 1959; Theatre Unit, Bombay; Director E. Alkazi; Role-Eurydice.
THE WILD DUCK by Ibsen; 1960; Unity Theatre; Director Joy Michael; Role-Hedvig.
DINNER WITH THE FAMILY by Anouilh; 1960; Unity Theatre; Director Michael Stevens; Role-Isabelle.
CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA by Shaw; 1961; British Council and IIT, Delhi; Director Philip Henderson; Role-Cleopatra.
THE LARK by Anouilh; 1961; American Theatre Association, New Delhi; Director Tom Noonan; Role-Joan.
SABRINA FAIR; 1962; Unity Theatre; Role-Sabrina.


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GHOSTS by Ibsen; 1962; Unity Theatre; Role-Regina.
ALL THE KING’S MEN by Robert Penn Warren; 1964; Yatrik, New Delhi; Role-Anne.
THE SEAGULL by Chekhov; 1966; Yatrik, Director Joy Michael; Role-Nina.
THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND by Stoppard; 1967; Theatre Action Group; Director Suraj Rai.
YERMA by Lorca; 1968; National School of Drama, New Delhi; Director E. Alkazi; Role-Yerma.
SGANARELLE by Moliere; 1968; National School of Drama; Director Amal Allana; Role-Clelie.
THE LADY FROM THE SEA by Ibsen; 1971; Kabul Dramatic Society, Kabul; Role-Elida.
THE PROPOSAL by Chekhov; 1971; Kabul Dramatic Society; Role-Katarine.
WHAT THE BUTLER SAW by Joe Orton; 1974; Theatre Action Group (TAG); Director Barry John; Role-Mrs. Prentice.
UNCLE VANYA by Chekhov; 1982; Yatrik; Director Joy Michael; Role-Yelena Andreyevna.
SYLVIA PLATH; 1985; Yatrik; Director Joy Michael; Role-Sylvia.
NIGHT MOTHER by Marsha Norman; 1986; Ruchika Theatre Group, New Delhi; Director Feisal Alkazi; Role-Mother.
SONG FOR A SANCTUARY by Rukhsana Ahmad; Tara Arts Theatre, London; Arts Council Project of UK; Toured several cities in UK; Director Rita Wolff; Role-Rajinder. (Main Role).
9, JAKOO HILL by Gurcharan Das; 1996-8, and revived periodically since; over 25 shows; Director Sunit Tandon; Role-Amrita. Sponsored by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) for a tour of South Africa with Performances in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town.




ACTING AND OTHER CREDITS: HINDI
MITTI KI GARI (Mrichakatika) by Raja Shudrak; 1958; Hindustani Theatre of Begum Zaidi; Director Habib Tanvir; Role-Madanika.
KHALID KI KHALA; 1959; Hindustani Theatre; Director Habib Tanvir.
RAJA CHAMBA AUR CHAR BHAI written and directed by Habib Tanvir; 1973; Role-Arval.
VASNA KAND by Mahesh Eklunjwar; 1974; Natya Dwai; Director Sai Paranjpe; Received best actress award, Delhi Natya Sangh.
BIMAR by Sajjad Zaheer; 1974; Director Nadira Zaheer.
AJGAR by Tendulkar; 1975; Natya Dwai; Director Sai Paranjpe.
SAVED by dward Bond; 1975; Ruchika Theatre Group; Director Amal Allana; Role-Mary.
KUMAR KI CHAT PAR; 1976; India International Centre; Director Sonu Krishen.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE by Tennessee Williams, tr. Zahida Zaidi; 1995; The Living Theatre; Director E. Alkazi; Role-Blanche Dubois.
MRICHHAKATIKA (The Little Clay Cart); 2000; Television and Theatre Associates; Performances in New Delhi and Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal; Director Amal Allana; Role; Radanika.
MUDRARAKSHAS (The Signet Ring) by Visakadutta; 2000; Television and Theatre Associates; Performances in New Delhi and Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal; Director Amal Allana; Role-Chandragupta Maurya.
SONATA by Mahesh Eklunjwar; 2002; Television and Theatre Associates; Director Amal Allana; Role-Aruna.
MAHABHARATA PROJECT; 2003; Director Zuleikha Allana; Roles: Dhritarashtra, Kunti. Performances abroad in Prague, S.Korea and in an Indo-German Festival in Bonn.
ERENDIRA (Adaptation of Garcia Marquez story); 2004/05; Director Amal Allana; play performed at Delhi, Kolkata, London at the ICA and Singapore; also in Mexico City and in the major Iberio-Americano Festival in Bogota, Colombia, and performances in Baranquilla and Cartagena; Roles: Erendira, grandmother, narrator.
METROPOLIS; Ibsen Project, Director Amal Allana Dec-2010, Role-Hedda Gabler.
NATI BINODINI; Directed by Amal Allana, Performed at The Kennedy Centre, Washington D.C, March 2011, Role-Nati Binodini.
JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN; Directed by Zulieka Allana for the National School of Drama Festival, 2011, Role-Borkman.
DARA: Directed by Tripurari Sharma for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Festival 2014 and for the National School of Drama Festival, 2015. Role-Roshanara.
AZAD MAULANA: Directed by Tripurari Sharma for MAKAIAS, Kolkata in 2014. Role-Queen Victoria.

Below is an article on Kusum's role as Joan of Arc.
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Kusum as Yerma, in Lorca's play

Kusum in Erendira

Kusum as Ophelia, in Shakespeare's Hamlet

And here, as Regina in Ibsen's Ghosts