The Daily Mail (London, England), April 12th, 2001
Byline: MICHAEL COVENEY The Ramayana by Pete Oswald: Royal National Theatre WELL, here's a rare and beautiful thing for Easter week at the National. An ancient Hindu epic has been done up by Pete Oswald - a new voice in verse drama - as a colourful cabaret with gods learning how to live by the passion of a man. The Ramayana is a story that has been a bestseller in South East Asia for nearly three centuries. The exiled, godlike royal Rama loses his wife Sita to the devil Ravana. A parallel catastrophe emerges in the monkey kingdom. After a series of adventures and confrontations, all ends...
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