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''[[BlackBird]]'' is a play by David Harrower ()[]
 
''[[BlackBird]]'' is a play by David Harrower ()[]
  
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==The original text==
  
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Written in 2005, the play was inspired in part by the crimes of sex offender Toby Studebaker, and depicts a young woman meeting a middle-aged man fifteen years after being sexually abused by him when she was twelve.
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
==The original text==
 
 
Written in 2005 , the play was inspired in part by the crimes of sex offender Toby Studebaker, and depicts a young woman meeting a middle-aged man fifteen years after being sexually abused by him when she was twelve.
 
  
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbird_(play)
  
 
https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/?showid=7459&offset=2850
 
https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/?showid=7459&offset=2850

Revision as of 10:10, 3 February 2022

BlackBird is a play by David Harrower ()[]

The original text

Written in 2005, the play was inspired in part by the crimes of sex offender Toby Studebaker, and depicts a young woman meeting a middle-aged man fifteen years after being sexually abused by him when she was twelve.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2011: Presented at the Golden Arrow Studio of the Baxter Theatre Centre, from 22 March to 9 April, directed by Bo Petersen, with Warrick Grier, Deborah Vieyra, Rebekah Nathan and Lucy Giffard.


Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbird_(play)

https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/?showid=7459&offset=2850

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