The Spell of Gh and the Great Indian Bazaar on Broadway
A narrator recalls the debut of Thungama, a Brahman dancer from Delhi, brought to Broadway with Lemuel to stage The Great Original Dance of India. Thungama’s exotic aura and defiant caste pride unsettle the cast, especially Lil, as Bildrah the Tamil ayah dutifully tends to the star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thungama
Phineas Phyles
Bagnars
Broadway
Phineas
Lemuel
Poindexter
Thingama
Delhi
India
New York
Mrs.Crosby
Phyles
Sally Slye
Barytones
Golden Lady
Lillian Leeds
Lil
Lilliane
Thingamy
Thangama
Phulkari
Bildrah
Hall of Mirrors
Taj Mahal
Gussie
Room 7
Thungama The Little Golden Lady in a Ghostly Dance
A backstage narrator recalls Thungama a dancer from India with sandalwood power and a dangerous mystique. In New York a confrontation with Lil escalates as Thungama hypnotizes and menaces her, culminating in a dramatic backstage escape and an implied mystical threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moti
Aeet
Ater
Thungama
Black Forest
Jack Parrish
Lil
New York
Thangama
Bildrah
Ari
India
Thangame
Braham
Taminyah
Dharmaal
Sobhan Ullah
Hell
Gussie
Julia Finch
Brussels
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Jan
Ruskin
Lilli
Gulabi
Anna Alice Chapin
Ganges
America
Jack
Peshawar
Tuticorin
Jamrud
Shiva
Thungamy