Sanskrit Drama in Performance

Contents Foreword- Farley P. Richmond vii Preface- Rachel Van M. Baumer xi Participants: International Conference on Sanskrit Drama in Performance xv Introduction- James R. Brandon xvii Part I. Performance In Ancient India 1 Sanskrit Drama in Performance - V. Raghavan 9 Dance or Movement Techniques of Sanskrit Theater - Kapila Vatsyayan 45 Part II. Performance Today 67 Suggestions for Directors of Sanskrit Plays- Farley Richmond 74 A Sanskrit Play in Performance: The Vision of Vasavadatta- Shanta Gandhi 110 Sanskrit Drama as an Aggregate of Model Situations- M. Christopher Byrski 141 The Vision Of Vasavadatta: An Acting Version- Paul Cravath 167 Part III. The Theory of Rasa 209 Reflections on Some Aspects of the Theory of Rasa- Eliot Deutsch 214 Rasa as a Category of Literary Criticism - Edwin Gerow 226 Part IV. Resources For Performance 259 Rasa Lila and the Sanskrit Drama - Darius L. Swann 264 Producing Sanskrit Plays in the Tradition of Kutiyattam- Pragna Thakkar Enros 275 Selected Glossary 299 Contributors 309 Index 313