In a play by this author, a ruler poetically describes “The graceful turn of his neck / as he glances back at our speeding car” while chasing an animal in a chariot. In the opening scene of a play by this author, an ascetic prophecies that a king will father a universal emperor after sparing a black hermitage antelope. A woman who is turned into a vine in a play by this author writes of her love on a birch leaf that is seen by her lover’s wife. A celestial dancer titles a play by this author in which she is (*) “Won by Valor.” While daydreaming in a temple, the title character of a play by this author is cursed by the sage Durvasa so that her husband, King Dushyanta, forgets her until a signet ring is found in the belly of a fish. For 10 points, name this Sanskrit-language playwright of The Recognition of Shakuntala. ■END■
| 2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard | 04/26/2025 | Y | 4 | 100% | 25% | 0% | 118.50 |
| 2025 PLAYTIME Online | 04/26/2025 | Y | 9 | 100% | 44% | 22% | 111.22 |
| 2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech | 07/11/2025 | Y | 3 | 100% | 67% | 0% | 87.33 |
| 2024 PLAYTIME @ UBC | 10/05/2024 | Y | 8 | 100% | 38% | 0% | 118.13 |
| 2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU | 10/12/2024 | Y | 6 | 100% | 33% | 0% | 110.00 |
| 2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU | 10/26/2024 | Y | 7 | 86% | 43% | 14% | 101.33 |
| 2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest | 12/10/2024 | Y | 4 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 129.50 |
| 2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont | 12/10/2024 | Y | 5 | 100% | 20% | 0% | 117.00 |
| 2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida | 12/10/2024 | Y | 2 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 108.00 |
| 2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida | 12/10/2024 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 122.00 |
| 2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU | 12/10/2024 | Y | 5 | 100% | 20% | 20% | 128.40 |
| 2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield | 12/10/2024 | Y | 5 | 60% | 20% | 0% | 107.67 |
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