The Imperial Nightingale
The Imperial Nightingale is a play by Nicholas Stuart Grey (1922 – 1981)[]
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The original text
Adapted from The Nightingale, a story by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)[1], it tells of the tyrannical Emperor who is under threat from the treacherous warlord, Red Dragon. When the Nightingale appears with its beautiful and enchanting voice, the Emperor is converted from the forces of evil and evades the threat of the Red Dragon’s wrath.
The playtext published by Oxford University Press in 1957, illustrated by Joan Jefferson Farjeon.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen
https://www.amazon.com/Imperial-Nightingale-Nicholas-Stuart-Gray/dp/0192760130
https://www.josef-weinberger.com/plays-and-pantomime/play/imperial-nightingale-the.html
Photocopy of the published text found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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