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 (-5[1])to her hermitage. In that play from this country, a king is presented (10[1])with a signet ring found in a fish, (10[2])allowing him (10[1])to remember his title wife. (10[1])This country’s Kathakali (10[1])(“kuh-thuh-KUH-lee”) dance-dramas (10[1])convey narrative using makeup and hand gestures called mudras. (10[1])An epic (10[1])from this country inspired many folk plays about the 18-day Kurukshetra War between the Kauravas and Pandavas. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this country whose classical plays were written in Sanskrit. ■END■ (10[2])

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