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Costumes and Sets in Sanskrit Theatre
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Meredith Cohen
Costumes and Sets of Sanskrit Theatre
Costumes
- Elaborate and stylized costumes
- Included many accesories
- Stiffened cloth, wood, metal, mud, wax
- Exaggerated and disctinctive makeup
- Painted and shaded faces
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Performance Spaces
Performance Spaces
- Specific theatres near temples
- Religious ceremonies
- Halls at court
- Special occasions
- Built according to Natyastra
- Square, rectangular, triangular
- Two stage assistants held a curtain
- Actors would enter from behind it
- Perform invoction rituals
Architecture
- Several types of theatres
- Vikrashta (rectangular)
- 32yds by 16yds
- Stage (elevated head), greenroom (two doors), audience hall
- Chaturasra (square)
- 16yds by 16yds
- Stage (level), green room (one door), audience hall
- Trysra (triangular)
- Stage, green room (one door, back angle), audience hall (three entrances)
Commonalities
- Constructed according to Natyastra
- Four main pillars
- One for each caste
- Classified by size
- Jyeshtha
- Large, for Devas
- Madhyama
- Medium, for kings
- Kaniyas
- Small, for common folk
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Sources
DuComb, Christian. "Present-Day Kutiyattam G. Venu’s Radical and Reactionary Sanskrit Theatre." Galileo. 2007. 15 Sept. 2019 <https://eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=7&sid=4fd06410-2435-4eae-af6a-95671f6cfbe6%40pdc-v-sessmgr06>.
Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre. UNESCO. By Margi Kathakali.
Panchal, Goverdhan. "Kuttambalam and its Links with Bharata's Stage." 15 Sept. 2019 &It: https://www.sahapedia.org/kuttambalam-and-its-links-bharatas-stage
RAGHAVAN, V. "Theatre Architecture in Ancient India." 15 Sept. 2019 <http://www.yabaluri.org/CD%20&%20WEB/TheatreArchitectureinAncientIndianov1931.htm>.
Sanskrit Theatre: The Hindu Experience. 3 Oct. 2011. Theatre Arts. By Shane Vitticore.