Act I: Pages 1-10
· The following version of this book was used: Karnad, Girish. Oxford University Press. 2010. Print.
· Act one opens with one chair in the center of an otherwise empty stage.
· Bhagavata and the musicians sit at a table stage right.
· A mask of Ganesha is placed on the chair.
· The Bhagavata, accompanied by the musicians, sings Ganesha’s praise.
· Once the song is finished, Ganesha’s mask is taken from the stage.
· Bhagavata asks that Vighneshwara bless the performance.
· Bhagavata wonders aloud how to find the words to describe the glory of Ganesha, “with his crooked face and distorted body” (1).
· Bhagavata describes Ganesha as the “Lord and Master of Success and Perfection” (1).
· He wonders if Ganesha’s appearance is meant to signify “that the completeness of God is something no mere mortal can comprehend” (1).
· Bhagavata introduces the city of Dharmapura which is under the rule of...
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