The Recognition of Sakuntala

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T0393492242 (UNION08)

Producer Joe Fredericks. Producer GRIT Productions. Producer Community20. Translation Will Johnson. Adapted by Tarek Iskander. Director Tarek Iskander. Design Nicola Dobrowolski. Lighting Esteban Nunez. Music Danyal Dhondy. Director Daniel Bowers (assistant). Performer Leila Al Jeboury. Performer Esin Harvey. Performer Dominik Kracmar. Performer Guy Moore. Performer Himanshu Ojha. Performer David Palliser. Performer Gabriella Schmidt. Performer Jane Stanton. Performer Ben Upson. Performer Rob Witcomb.

21 Jan 09 to 7 Feb 09

Union Theatre, Inner London :: V1167
listing details L01024731968

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Play :: The Recognition of Sakuntala is one of the greatest romantic plays in world literature. An ancient piece, written in the fourth century, by India's most revered Sanskrit poet and playwright, Kalidasa, this play retells one of the most moving stories in the Mahabharata: A powerful King falls in love with Sakuntala, a beautiful and innocent hermitage girl, but their passionate romance is cruelly interrupted by a terrible curse. In turns both comic and tragic, moving and uplifting, this epic play carries the audience through every twist and turn of their heroic romance. The Recognition of Sakuntala is justifiably the most loved and famous play to have ever come out of the Indian subcontinent.

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