Shakuntala a Play in Seven Acts

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ

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 }his pupils.

SHARADVATA

HARITA

DURVASAS, an irascible sage.

The chief of police.

SUCHAKA } policemen.

JANUKA

A fisherman.

SHAKUNTALA, foster-child of Kanva.

ANUSUYA }her friends.

PRIYAMVADA

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.

The first four acts pass in Kanva's forest hermitage; acts five and six in the king's palace; act seven on a heavenly mountain. The time is perhaps seven years.