Invitation to Indian Theatre |
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actors ancient Apsara Attam audience beautiful Bhagavata Bharata Bhasa Bhavai Buddhist called century A.D. character charming Charudatta colourful costumes cowherd girls dance and sing dance-drama dancer delightful depicting dolls dramatic forms dramatic shows dramatist Duryodhana emerged enacted enchanting entertainment epics festival Ghatotkacha glove puppet goddess Greek humour Indian theatre Indus interesting Jatra jester Kalidasa Karnataka Kathakali Kerala king known Krishna Kuchipudi Leela lovers unite Mahabharata Maharashtra make-up Malavika Marathi Mauryas Mricchakatika musical instruments musical theatre narrating Natya Shastra Nautanki one-act play Padmavati Pandavas performance Plate play based popular Pradesh presented prose dialogues puppet theatre Puranas Pururavas queen Radha Rama Rama Leela Ramayana Ras Leela Ravana region rich rituals roles romance SANSKRIT DRAMA Sanskrit plays Sanskrit theatre shadow puppets Shakara Shakuntala social Soma songs stage started story strings Tamasha techniques temple theatre forms theatre scene theatrical themes TRADITIONAL THEATRE Udayana Urvashi Varadpande various Vasantasena Vasavadatta Vedic Yakshagana Yaugandharayana