Round 8: 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 ring found in a fish, (10[2])allowing him to remember his title wife. This country’s Kathakali (10[1])(“kuh-thuh-KUH-lee”) dance-dramas (10[1])convey narrative using makeup and hand gestures called mudras. (10[2])An epic from this country inspired many folk plays about the 18-day Kurukshetra War between (10[1])the Kauravas and Pandavas. For 10 points, name this (10[1])country whose classical (10[1])plays were written in Sanskrit. ■END■

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