
One of the great masterpieces of world literature comes to vivid life in an elaborate production from acclaimed theater and film innovator Peter Brook. This collection of ancient Sanskrit stories (composed into the longest book ever written) comprises a series of enlightened fables at the heart of countless beliefs, legends, and teachings; indeed, its very title means "the great story of mankind." Brook and writer Jean-Claude Carriere worked for eight years to develop this epic concerning two sides of a royal family, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, whose struggle leads to a fascinating voyage of emotions, passion and vision of glory. Briefly, the Mahabharata is a tale of two rival sets of brothers, cousins to eachother, each born into royalty and with divinely guided paths in life. The result, however, is a great war, death, destruction - a vast epic.
Madri / Hidimbi

Young Karna
Dushassana

Dhritharashtra

Duryodhana

Nakula

Bhima

Kunti

Abhimanyu's wife
Deathless boy
Amba / Sikhandin

Karna

Bhishma

Dhristadyumna
Shakuni

Vyasa

Gazelle
Satyavati
Arjuna

Ganesha / Krishna

Drona

Gandhari

The Sun / Rakshasa / Ghatotkatcha

Draupadi

Yudhishthira

The Boy
Pandu / Shiva / Salya

Sahadeva
Gandhari's servant
The Hermit