Indian Sanskrit Drama
Read the play ‘Trifles” by Susan Glaspell
First Scripted Theatre:
Indian Sanskrit Drama
Presentation by: Kenneth Brown
Sanskrit: An historical Indo-Aryan language, the primary liturgical language of Hinduism and a literary and scholarly language in Jainism and Buddhism.
Sanskrit Drama: A long-lasting tradition of full-length poetic plays based out of India. They are called Sanskrit dramas because they were mainly written in Sanakrit
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Belief:
A strong belief of Sanskrit is that it was created and given to the people by the GODS
Epics:
Some of the dramas were called epics; which were historical stories that detail the events of hero figures.
The epics could either be serious or comic
Temples:
Due to all the routines involved with the Sanskrit Dramas, temples are the preferred space.
Other features that make temples more preferred are the separate entrances for men and women and the high ceilings.
