Keywords :Sanskrit drama
Sanskrit literature
India--Kerala
Issue Date :1969
Publisher :Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
Description :Nalacharitham Attakatha is a play which descibes in two parts. In the first place the subject matter in Kathakali is borrowed frompuranas like the Mahabharata, the Ramayana or the Bhagavatha. So the scope to manipulate. the plot or the events is very limited. Secondly the actors are dumb and express their ideas byfaeial expressions and well regimented gestures while the text (padas and slokas) is sung by the Bhagavathas. All the characters in this play are shown with exquisite care. Damayanti is a Desdemona with.a trace of Portia thrown in it. Damayanti in Nalacaritham Attakatha has a place in the galaxy of world-famous women in literature.
Source :Sangeet Natak Akademi
Type :Article
Received From :Sangeet Natak Akademi
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Value
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Rajagopalan, L.S.
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India
dc.date.accessioned
2017-06-15T11:17:00Z
dc.date.available
2017-06-15T11:17:00Z
dc.date.issued
1969
dc.description.abstract
Nalacharitham Attakatha is a play which descibes in two parts. In the first place the subject matter in Kathakali is borrowed frompuranas like the Mahabharata, the Ramayana or the Bhagavatha. So the scope to manipulate. the plot or the events is very limited. Secondly the actors are dumb and express their ideas byfaeial expressions and well regimented gestures while the text (padas and slokas) is sung by the Bhagavathas. All the characters in this play are shown with exquisite care. Damayanti is a Desdemona with.a trace of Portia thrown in it. Damayanti in Nalacaritham Attakatha has a place in the galaxy of world-famous women in literature.
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