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    The Crown
    The Crown
    The Crown
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    The Crown

    By Rabindranath Tagore

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    This is the English translation of Tagore's "Mukut" meaning crown, set in 16th century royal Tripura. The play is all ready for production. The Emperor's sons compete with each other in a contest of archery with an unexplainable outcome. Following that they are sent to battle the Burmese monarch who is their sworn enemy. But treachery shows its ugly face and insanity cuts loose and the outcome of their campaign resembles that of the archery contest in a disturbing way. A great oriental play for low-budget production ...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherA. Datta
    Release dateJun 13, 2012
    ISBN9781476128092
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    Rabindranath Tagore

    Rabindranath Tagore was born in May 1861. He was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He became Asia's first Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works included numerous novels, short-stories, collection of songs, dance-drama, political and personal essays. Some prominent examples are Gitanjali (Song Offerings) , Gora (Fair-Faced), and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World). He died on 7th August 1941.

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    • 5/5
      A very interesting oriental play for performance. The place is Tripura in Mughal India. So also set in the medieval age. The princes compete in a playful contest of archery and then unitedly in war for honor. But the end is costly to the entire royal family as as you sow so shall you reap.

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    The Crown - Rabindranath Tagore

    The Crown

    A play by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

    Translated by A. Datta

    Copyright © 2012-2016 A. Datta

    Published by A. Datta at Smashwords

    ISBN 978-1-4761-2809-2

    Plays » Medieval

    Fiction » Historical » General

    eBook License—Know Your Rights

    This eBook file is licensed for use by its purchaser or giftee but not both, and with their approval their significant other, siblings, parents and children. To share this eBook with a friend or colleague, please purchase an additional copy for each such person. If you're reading this eBook and it was not purchased for your use, then please buy your own copy from https://smashwords.com/books/view/171830 just as you wouldn't deign to unlawfully obtain a print book. If you would like to perform this play non-commercially please buy a copy of this eBook for each actor and director which shouldn't be difficult given the low price of this title. Write to intersoftbengal(a)ymail.com for additional rights to use it in a commercial production or to suggest improvements. An author profile of Rabindranath Tagore can be found at http://books.aucklandwhich.org/a/tagore. Despite employing the best of intentions, the translator disclaims all liability for loss if any resulting from using or the inability to use this translation. This license statement was last updated Thu 28 Jan 2016.

    Translator's Note

    Towards the end of this eBook there is a list showing some of the unobvious pronunciations especially names of the characters. There is also a short paragraph pointing to information on costumes. These will be useful if you wish to perform this drama. See above for rights.

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    The short story titled Mukut meaning The Crown was first published in dramatic form in the periodical Balak for performance by the boys residing at Bolpur Brahmacharyasrama.

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    Table of Contents

    Dramatis Personae

    Act I

    Act II

    Act III

    List of Tripuri Pronunciations

    Costumes for this Play

    :::||[|]||:::

    Dramatis Personae

    Amarmanikya, the Emperor of Tripura.

    Chandramanikya, his oldest son a.k.a. the Crown Prince.

    Indrakumar, Amarmanikya's second son and therefore a prince.

    Rajdhar, Amarmanikya's youngest son, also a prince.

    Dhurandhar, the Queen's nephew.

    Isha Khan, Commander-in-Chief of Tripura's armed forces.

    The Arakan (Burmese) King.

    Pratap.

    The target-bearer.

    The singer of eulogies.

    Messenger.

    Soldiers etc.

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