Nostrils, Harmony with the Universe, and Ancient Sanskrit Theater: Crash Course Theater #7
Ancient Sanskrit theater is one of the oldest theater traditions, and thanks to Bharata Muni and his treatise on theater, the Natyashastra, we can tell you quite a bit about it, all the way...
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Hi, I’m Mike Rugnetta. This is Crash Course Theater, and as much as we may all adore the violence and raunch of Roman performance.. it’s time to move on. Aw, Yorick - you disappointed? I know it well, you’re a fan of the rope dancing maidens aren’t you? So bawdy, this one! The theater of Greece and Rome is only one tradition, and today we’re going to survey another: Sanskrit theater. We could devote several episodes to classical Indian theater, but because we have two and a half millennia of opening nights from around the world to cover in this series, today is more of a highlights reel—and those highlights include happy endings, rectangular theaters, and fish bellies. INTRO We don’t really know when Sanskrit theater started or how it evolv...
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Hi, I’m Mike Rugnetta. This is Crash Course Theater, and as much as we may all adore the violence and raunch of Roman performance.. it’s time to move on. Aw, Yorick - you disappointed? I know it well, you’re a fan of the rope dancing maidens aren’t you? So bawdy, this one! The theater of Greece and Rome is only one tradition, and today we’re going to survey another: Sanskrit theater. We could devote several episodes to classical Indian theater, but because we have two and a half millennia of opening nights from around the world to cover in this series, today is more of a highlights reel—and those highlights include happy endings, rectangular theaters, and fish bellies. INTRO We don’t really know when Sanskrit theater started or how it evolv...
