Clay Cart

[Valerie J Roebuck]

I found it quite enjoyable, but it had been heavily edited.  I
haven't got a text at hand to check the details, but not only was
Caarudatta's wife written out of it, but there was no mention of the
little boy and the eponymous clay cart!  Perhaps the editors thought
that modern listeners would not be able to sympathize with a
polygamous relationship?

Valerie J Roebuck
Manchester, UK

At 3:58 pm +0100 23/8/04, isabelle Onians wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>If this is not too frivolous a notice, last night BBC Radio 3
>broadcast the Clay Cart:
>
>Drama on 3
>22 August 2004
>
>The Mrichhakatikaa: A 5th-century Sanskrit play recorded on location
>in India, the story of a romance between an impoverished nobleman and
>a beautiful courtesan.
>
>Duration:
>
>1 hour 45 minutes
>
>For one week you will be able to listen `again'
>
>(by following the link at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/dramaon3/)