I too remember that it was vEdam vEnkaTaraaya Saastri who wrote
prataaparudreeyam. I remember listening to a condensed version of this play
on Vijayawada radio.
ee naaTakamlO caakali pErigaaDi paatra, paatrOcita sambhaashaNaki goppa
udaaharaNagaa ceppukunTaaru. (refer to earlier thread on 'saahityamlO
aucityam').
Dhillee sultaanula baarinunci raajuni kaapaaDenduku, mantri (yugandharuDu
anukunTaa) raaju pOlikalunna caakali pErigaaNNi simhaasanam meeda koorcO
beDataaDu. akkaDa jarigE sabhaa sannivESam, pErigaaDi yaasa tOnoo, vaaDi
amaayakatvamtOnoo, caalaa haasyam puTTistundi. andulOnoo, ee naaTakam
telugu racanallO vaaDuka bhaasha unDaala, kooDadaa anna carca mummaramgaa
jarugutunna rOjullO raaSaaru. idE phakkeelO paanuganTi lakshmeenRsimham
prabhRtulu paatrOcita sambhaashaNalatO saanghika naaTakaalu anEkam
raaSaaru. PaanuganTi vaari 'kanThaabharaNam' naaTakam kooDaa
paatrOcitamaina bhaashani cakkani SaililO kanabarustundi, mukhyamgaa
subbiSeTTi peenaasi tanamlOnoo, navaabugaari turaka bhaTula
sambhaashaNallOnoo. appaTikee, veeri migataa racanallO, racayita ceppE
maaTalu maatram graandhikamlOnE unDEvi.
aa kaalamlO inkaa iTuvanTi racanala gurinci telisinavaaru SalavistE baavunTundi.
andarikee nootana samvatsara Subhaakaankshalu. tAtA prasad gaariki kooDaa:-)
Regards
Nasy