Collaborations of Merritt 2021 Festival
Dara by Tonya Ronder/Shaheed Nadim
Director: Neal Gupta
Costume Design: Ilana Lupkin
Lighting/Scenic Design: Mary Shabatura
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Works Cited
Daugherty, Diane. “The Pendulum of Intercultural Performance: ‘Kathakali King Lear’ at Shakespeare's Globe.” Asian Theatre Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, 2005, pp. 52–72. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4137075.
“Hades , the Greek God of the Underworld.” GreekGods.Info, www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/hades/.
Mitra, Shayoni. “Kathakali.” Theatre Traditions in a Global Context. 24 Oct. 2017, New York, Barnard College.
Peacock, John. “Ancient Civilizations.” The Chronicle of Western Costume: From the Ancient World to the Late Twentieth Century, Thames & Hudson, 1991, pp. 9–25.
Tortora, Phyllis G., and Keith Eubank. “Etruria and Rome c. 800 B.C.-A.D. 400.” Survey of Historic Costume: A History of Western Dress, 5th ed., Fairchild Books, 2010, pp. 75–97.
Zarrilli, Phillip B. Kathakali Dance Drama: Where Gods and Demons Come to Play, Routledge, 2000.