WILL JOHNSON
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Plays by Will Johnson
Recognition of Sakuntala, The |
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
| Company: | Community 20 & Grit Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Translation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Written by Kalidasa, a Sanskrit poet of the fourth century or some time earlier - some scholars place him as early as the first century BC - this is one of the great classics of Hindu literature. It tells a story of the parents of King Bharata, whose descendants, the Kauravas and Pandavas, fought the bloody wars which form the subject of the Mahabharata. | |||||
| Synopsis: | he play is the story of Sakuntala, the daughter of a nymph who has been brought up by a sage in an ashram, and of philandering King Dusyanta who finds true love with her. After they secretly marry he returns to his palace, giving her a ring to present when she comes to join him. But Sakuntala is so preoccupied with her love that she ignores a powerful and temperamental sage who arrives demanding her attention. In retaliation he curses her and casts a spell that makes the king forget her existence. - Howard Loxton, British Theatre Guide | |||||
