This Is Shakuntala: a mormon fantasia on the global village

Inspired by Kalidasa’s classical play, the transliterated title of which requires fancy diacritical marks, King Duhshanta is childless in spite of his many wives. He falls in love with Shakuntala, seduces her, and promises to make her a queen in his court.

Unfortunately, a curse intervenes, and when she arrives pregnant at court, Duhshanta has forgotten her. The earth swallows her up. Duhshanta serendipitously remembers her, laments his error, and cancels Spring. After some wandering, he fin...