Here are links to just some of the resources that helped me with the development of Many Voices… One Story.  Much thanks to the creators and fellow folklorists who helped me along!

Web links:

http://www.edenvalleyenterprises.org/blhrc/educational/cindtour/world.html

http://www.365cinderellas.com

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0510a.html

http://www.indianmirror.com/history/mythological-stories/shakuntala-page1.htm

http://www.ala.org/offices/resources/multicultural

Pattanaik, Devdutt.  “A Tale of Two Shakuntalas”
http://devdutt.com/articles/a-tale-of-two-shakuntalas.html

Books:

Jacobs, Joseph. More English Folktales  1894.

Kalidasa.  The Recognition of Shakuntala.  Dover Thrift Editions, 2003.

Franz, Marie-Luise von. The Feminine in Fairy Tales.  Boston: Shambala 1993

Bettelheim, Bruno.  The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales.  New York: Alfred A Knopf 1976

Estes, Clarissa Pinkola PhD. Women Who Run with the Wolves. New York: Ballantine Books 1992

And…..

Interactions with Audience members at performances for POWER and Women’s Center and Shelter.  (organised by Anjali Soi)

Collaborations with fellow originating cast members Kate Pavelle, Christina McNeese, and Sarah McKee