SHAKUNTALA
by Kalidasa
Translated by Arthur W.
Ryder
Modified by Antihubris.com
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.
his pupils:
SHARNGARAVA
SHARADVATA
HARITA
DURVASAS, an irascible sage.
The chief of police.
policemen:
SUCHAKA
JANUKA
A fisherman.
SHAKUNTALA, foster-child of Kanva.
her friends:
ANUSUYA
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.