SHAKUNTALA A PLAY IN SEVEN ACTS
Arthur W. (Arthur William) Ryder translation
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.