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The prince is looking for a true princess to be his wife, but all the girls he meets are too rude, too vain, or too greedy. One stormy night a young woman knocks on the palace door claiming to be a princess, so the queen decides to put her to the test. Will she feel the pea underneath the huge pile of mattresses? …

A pansexual romp through late 19th Century India, The Raj Sextet combines Western and Indian myth, fairytale, historical realism, humour, and fantasy. The longings and frustrations of the central characters shape-shift them into animals: The Elephant of Assam; The Cobra of Pondicherry; The Tiger of Manipur; The Monkey …