Re: [INDOLOGY] Sanskrit drama in La Belle Époque

[Olivelle, J P]

It is interesting that just a few days ago I checked the Wikipedia about the Mṛcchakaṭikā, and they mentioned this production in Paris, among other 19th century productions of the play:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mṛcchakatika

Patrick



On Oct 26, 2019, at 7:38 AM, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info<mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:

Dear Indologists,

You may find this to be amusing.

Visiting the huge exhibition of the works of Toulouse-Lautrec currently on view at the Grand Palais in Paris, I was surprised to find, amidst his many posters for theater and cabaret, the one I include here, for a production of the
Mṛcchakaṭikā, - the title is even given in devanagari at lower right. If you read carefully, you'll see that TL himself is credited with the sets for the fifth act, though I do not know if any trace of these survives, or if it was photographed. They must have been wonderful!

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Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études,
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago
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