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Title

Shakuntala [videorecording] : a play / by Kalidasa ; presented by the Department of Theatre & Dance Pomona College ; direction, Betty Bernhard, Kailash Pandya ; choreography, K. Sasidharan Nair.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Insight Media, c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kālidāsa
• Bernhard, Betty
• Pandya, Kailash
• Nair, K. Sasidharan
• Johnson, W. J., 1951-2020.
• Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Theater Department

Description

2 videodiscs (NTSC) (155 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Kālidāsa's play produced in classic Nāṭyaśāstra style with authentic music, dance, costumes, makeup and mudras.

Note

• Title from opening credits.
• From the English translation by W.J. Johnson.

Credits (note)

• Directors, Betty Bernhard, Kailash Pandya ; choreography, K. Sasidharan Nair ; adaptation, Kailash Pandya ; music, Atul Desal ; scenic & lights, James P. Taylor ; costume design, Sherry Linnell, Vasantha Shasidharan ; videodocumentation by Reed Schuler, Jesse D. Mays, Jack Coogan ; video editing, Killol Parmar.

Performer (note)

• Jaideep Sahai (Sutradhar), Katy Lind (actress), Emily Reese (deer), Alison Alderdice (charioteer), Michael S. Rehse (Dushyanta), Bob Magnuson (Vidusaka), James Cornis (Vaikanasa), Dean Falletti (Vishala), Paulami Naik (Shakuntala), Shanda Lowe (Anasuya), Chloe Skew (Priamvada), Marjorie Scott (Gautami), Alex Will (seer 1), Kevork Kevin Tuturjian (seer 2), Valerie Rigsbee (doorkeeper 1), Jazmine Applin (doorkeeper 2), Anna Marie Penniman, Valerie Rigsbee (hermit women), Ben Acland (Kanva), Zachary Tewalthomas (Surangarava), Alberto Cisneros (Saradvata), Carter Delloro (Narada), Miguel Rodriguez (Kandarpa), Jaideep Sahai (Chief of Police), Carter Delloro (policeman 1), Dean Falletti (policeman 2), Jazmine Applin (fisherman), Alexandra Portillo (priest), James Cornish (chamberlain), Ben Acland (Matali), K. Sasidharan Nair (demon), Anna Marie Penniman (Aditi), Alex Will (Maricha), Katy Lind (Menaka), Kevork Kevin Tuturjian (doorkeeper 3), Alison Alderdice (Sushana), Marjorie Scott (Survala), Valerie Rigsbee (Galava), Alctheia Sims (lion cub), Samantha Seaman (Bharata).

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Contents

Disc 1 (105 min.). Casebook (ca. 30 min.) -- Act 1 (ca. 75 min.) -- Disc 2 (49 min.). Act 2 (ca. 45 min.) -- Responses & reflections program (4 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2790

OCLC

79481178

Title

Shakuntala [videorecording] : a play / by Kalidasa ; presented by the Department of Theatre & Dance Pomona College ; direction, Betty Bernhard, Kailash Pandya ; choreography, K. Sasidharan Nair.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : Insight Media, c2003.

System Details

DVD.

Cast

Jaideep Sahai (Sutradhar), Katy Lind (actress), Emily Reese (deer), Alison Alderdice (charioteer), Michael S. Rehse (Dushyanta), Bob Magnuson (Vidusaka), James Cornis (Vaikanasa), Dean Falletti (Vishala), Paulami Naik (Shakuntala), Shanda Lowe (Anasuya), Chloe Skew (Priamvada), Marjorie Scott (Gautami), Alex Will (seer 1), Kevork Kevin Tuturjian (seer 2), Valerie Rigsbee (doorkeeper 1), Jazmine Applin (doorkeeper 2), Anna Marie Penniman, Valerie Rigsbee (hermit women), Ben Acland (Kanva), Zachary Tewalthomas (Surangarava), Alberto Cisneros (Saradvata), Carter Delloro (Narada), Miguel Rodriguez (Kandarpa), Jaideep Sahai (Chief of Police), Carter Delloro (policeman 1), Dean Falletti (policeman 2), Jazmine Applin (fisherman), Alexandra Portillo (priest), James Cornish (chamberlain), Ben Acland (Matali), K. Sasidharan Nair (demon), Anna Marie Penniman (Aditi), Alex Will (Maricha), Katy Lind (Menaka), Kevork Kevin Tuturjian (doorkeeper 3), Alison Alderdice (Sushana), Marjorie Scott (Survala), Valerie Rigsbee (Galava), Alctheia Sims (lion cub), Samantha Seaman (Bharata).

Performer

Dancers: Katy Lind, Elisa "Lelitya" Hartwig, Leanne Day, Laura Corliss, Kate Goodwillie, Prija Kumar, Whitney Richardson.

Credits

Directors, Betty Bernhard, Kailash Pandya ; choreography, K. Sasidharan Nair ; adaptation, Kailash Pandya ; music, Atul Desal ; scenic & lights, James P. Taylor ; costume design, Sherry Linnell, Vasantha Shasidharan ; videodocumentation by Reed Schuler, Jesse D. Mays, Jack Coogan ; video editing, Killol Parmar.

Added Author

Kālidāsa. Śakuntalā. English. Author

Bernhard, Betty. Director

Pandya, Kailash. Director

Nair, K. Sasidharan, choreographer.

Johnson, W. J., 1951-2020. Translator

Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Theater Department.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2790