Reading Guide: Brook. Mahabharata (Script)

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Overview - Reading Guide: Mahabharata (Script)

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The script mostly matches the film, but not exactly; it is for the theatrical performance; this was a play first before being made into a film. If you want to do an additional one or two weeks of reading, you can read the play — but watch the film first, since it is hard to visualize the script of the play if you have not seen the film.

TITLE: The Mahabharata: a play based upon the Indian classic epic
AUTHORS:  Jean-Claude Carrière and Peter Brook
Bizzell Reserve Desk Call Number: PQ 2663.A78 M3413

WEEK 1:

Reading A pages 1-56
The Beginnings
Youth
Marriage and Kingdom
The King of Kings

Reading B pages 57-123
The Game of Dice
The Pandavas in Danger
In the Forest
The Search for Arms
The Court of King Virata

WEEK 2:

Reading A pages 123-185
The War of the Cows
On the Battlefield
The Masks Fall
Duryodhana and Arjuna with Krishna

The Embassies

Krishna's Last Efforts

The Bhagavad-Gita

Kunti and Karna

The Death of Abhimanyu

Reading B pages 186-239
The Death of Ghatotkacha
The Death of Drona
Karna Takes Command
Duhshasana's Death; Karna's Death
Duryodhana's Death; End of the War
Krishna's Death
By the River

The Last Illusion