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[Except for some minor changes described herein,] the matter of the play is that of Kalidasa's Shakuntala with a minimum of verbal alteration." - Summary by ToddHW and Author Cast list: Prologue: Agnes Robert Behr Stage-director: redrun Actress: Lynette Caulkins King Dushyanta: Alan Mapstone All-tamer, his son: Damien Le Madhavya, a clown, his companion: ToddHW A huntsman: lorda Parvatayana, a chamberlain: Rapunzelina Attendant in the king's palace: redrun Kanva, hermit-father: Brian Fullen Harita, hermit-youth: ShrimpPhish Durvasas, an irascible sage: Adrian Stephens Watcher: Elijah Fisher Second watcher: Stacey Malcolm An unnamed hermit: ShrimpPhish Matali, charioteer of heaven's king: Beeswaxcandle The chief of police: Greg Giordano Suchaka, policeman: Sonia Januka, policeman: Jim Locke A fisherman: Elijah Fisher Shakuntala, foster-child of Kanva: Inkell Anusuya, her friend: rrushme Priyamvada, her friend: sarabrown Gautami, hermit-mother: Availle A maid in the king's palace: Norah Nelson Suvrata, inhabitant of the grove of the gods: Agnes Robert Behr Kaushiki, inhabitant of the grove of the gods: Lynette Caulkins Cries behind the scenes: Rapunzelina Stage Directions: dc Editing: ToddHW]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/7044570/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Books</category><copyright>Copyright Drama Genre</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4e7e870ce7a938083fcd3cf61317d557.jpg</url><title>Shakuntala</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shakuntala--7044570</link></image><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 09:16:54 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Kalidasa</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Drama Genre</itunes:name><itunes:email>spreaker49@podcastlibrary.org</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4e7e870ce7a938083fcd3cf61317d557.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Ryder originally did a close to literal translation of this 4th or 5th century play by the poet Kalidasa. 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[Except for some minor changes described herein,] the matter of the play is that of Kalidasa's Shakuntala with a minimum of verbal alteration." - Summary by ToddHW and Author Cast list: Prologue: Agnes Robert Behr Stage-director: redrun Actress: Lynette Caulkins King Dushyanta: Alan Mapstone All-tamer, his son: Damien Le Madhavya, a clown, his companion: ToddHW A huntsman: lorda Parvatayana, a chamberlain: Rapunzelina Attendant in the king's palace: redrun Kanva, hermit-father: Brian Fullen Harita, hermit-youth: ShrimpPhish Durvasas, an irascible sage: Adrian Stephens Watcher: Elijah Fisher Second watcher: Stacey Malcolm An unnamed hermit: ShrimpPhish Matali, charioteer of heaven's king: Beeswaxcandle The chief of police: Greg Giordano Suchaka, policeman: Sonia Januka, policeman: Jim Locke A fisherman: Elijah Fisher Shakuntala, foster-child of Kanva: Inkell Anusuya, her friend: rrushme Priyamvada, her friend: sarabrown Gautami, hermit-mother: Availle A maid in the king's palace: Norah Nelson Suvrata, inhabitant of the grove of the gods: Agnes Robert Behr Kaushiki, inhabitant of the grove of the gods: Lynette Caulkins Cries behind the scenes: Rapunzelina Stage Directions: dc Editing: ToddHW]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Books"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Fiction"/><itunes:category text="Fiction"><itunes:category text="Drama"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Shakuntala - Kalidasa</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/shakuntala-kalidasa--72071296</link><description><![CDATA[Ryder originally did a close to literal translation of this 4th or 5th century play by the poet Kalidasa. 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[Except for some minor changes described herein,] the matter of the play is that of Kalidasa's Shakuntala with a minimum of verbal alteration." - Summary by ToddHW and Author Cast list: Prologue: Agnes Robert Behr Stage-director: redrun Actress: Lynette Caulkins King Dushyanta: Alan Mapstone All-tamer, his son: Damien Le Madhavya, a clown, his companion: ToddHW A huntsman: lorda Parvatayana, a chamberlain: Rapunzelina Attendant in the king's palace: redrun Kanva, hermit-father: Brian Fullen Harita, hermit-youth: ShrimpPhish Durvasas, an irascible sage: Adrian Stephens Watcher: Elijah Fisher Second watcher: Stacey Malcolm An unnamed hermit: ShrimpPhish Matali, charioteer of heaven's king: Beeswaxcandle The chief of police: Greg Giordano Suchaka, policeman: Sonia Januka, policeman: Jim Locke A fisherman: Elijah Fisher Shakuntala, foster-child of Kanva: Inkell Anusuya, her friend: rrushme Priyamvada, her friend: sarabrown Gautami, hermit-mother: Availle A maid in the king's palace: Norah Nelson Suvrata, inhabitant of the grove of the gods: Agnes Robert Behr Kaushiki, inhabitant of the grove of the gods: Lynette Caulkins Cries behind the scenes: Rapunzelina Stage Directions: dc Editing: ToddHW]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72071296</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:30:24 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72071296/shakuntala_kalidasa.mp3" length="42069306" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2dc5fec8-ea98-4389-bc3e-b187085af1fb/2dc5fec8-ea98-4389-bc3e-b187085af1fb.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2dc5fec8-ea98-4389-bc3e-b187085af1fb/2dc5fec8-ea98-4389-bc3e-b187085af1fb.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2dc5fec8-ea98-4389-bc3e-b187085af1fb/2dc5fec8-ea98-4389-bc3e-b187085af1fb.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Kalidasa</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Ryder originally did a close to literal translation of this 4th or 5th century play by the poet Kalidasa. 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