The Many Selves of an Actor

This article explores artistic innovations in Kūṭiyāṭṭam theater through the lens of critique developed in the Naṭāṅkuśa—a polemical treatise composed, perhaps, in the 15th century Kerala. The focus is on the Naṭāṅkuśa’s fierce disapproval of the performance of multiple roles by an actor dressed as...

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Main Author: Dimitry Shevchenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2022-08-01
Series:Cracow Indological Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/4619

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