Round 7: 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 (10[1])in a fish, allowing him to remember his title wife. This country’s Kathakali (“kuh-thuh-KUH-lee”) dance-dramas (10[1])convey (-5[1])narrative (10[1])using makeup and hand gestures called mudras. (10[2])An epic from this country inspired many folk plays about the 18-day Kurukshetra War (10[1])between the Kauravas and Pandavas. For 10 points, name this country whose classical plays were written in Sanskrit. ■END■ (10[2])

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