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
