BlackBird
BlackBird is a play by David Harrower ()[]
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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://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/?showid=7459&offset=2850
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