After 20 Years – ‘Midnight’s Children’ Comes To The Stage

Some 20 years ago, Salman Rushdie’s sweeping novel “Midnight’s Children” was an international bestseller. Decades later, “after abortive adaptations by the BBC and a leading West End producer, it has taken the combined efforts of Rushdie, the Royal Shakespeare Company and two American universities to end the wait, with a stage version of ‘Midnight’s Children’ that previews in London next week.”