Kalidas - Shakuntala

by Kalidas in English Drama

Shakuntala (Kalidasa) (Publications Sanskrit Series Cambridge, Ontario 1999) DRAMATIS PERSONAE King Dushyanta. Bharata, nicknamed All-tamer, his son. Madhavya, a clown, his companion. His charioteer. Raivataka, a door-keeper. Bhadrasena, a general. Karabhaka, a servant. Parvatayana, a chamberlain. Somarata, a chaplain. Kanva, hermit-father. Sharngarava, Sharadvata, Harita, his pupils. Durvasas, an irascible sage. The chief ...Read Morepolice. Suchaka, Januka, Policemen. A fisherman. Shakuntala, foster-child of Kanva. Anusuya, Priyamvada, her friends. Gautami, hermit-mother. Kashyapa, father of the gods. Aditi, mother of the gods. Matali, charioteer of heaven s king. Galava, a Pupil in heaven. Mishrakeshi, a heavenly nymph. Stage-director and actress (in the prologue), hermits and hermit-women, two court poets, palace attendants, invisible fairies. Read Less