Round 9: Tossup 1

A seven-act play from this country inspired a prologue from Goethe’s Faust with its metatheatrical introduction. In a play from this country, a girl distracted by her love marriage is cursed for not greeting a visitor to her hermitage. In that play from this country, a king is presented with a signet (10[1])ring (10[1])found in a (10[1])fish, (10[1])allowing him (-5[1])to remember his title wife. This country’s Kathakali (“kuh-thuh-KUH-lee”) dance-dramas (10[1])convey narrative using makeup and hand gestures called (-5[1])mudras. An epic (10[1])from this country inspired many folk plays about the 18-day Kurukshetra War (10[1])between the (10[1])Kauravas and Pandavas. For (10[1])10 points, name this country whose classical plays were written in Sanskrit. ■END■ (10[3])

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