Which playwright shows the influence of the Yakshagana folk tradition in his plays?
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Correct answer: B. Girish Karnad
Explanation
Karnad's Hayavadana (1971), from Mann's The Transposed Heads and the Kathasaritsagara, uses Yakshagana conventions such as the Bhagavata narrator, half-curtain and masks.
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