Bird
Bird is a play by Nicholas Ellenbogen
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The original text
The play was originally written for the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of the new democratic South Africa, and addresses issues such as the changes to come with a new leadership and the leader seeing that he can learn the necessary skills from nature, and especially from the birds around him.
Written as a narrative, so that the performers can share the lines among themselves as required, the play uses various props and masks to represent the birds that the man encounters on his journey.
The performance text is contained in Volume Two of The Complete Works of Nicholas Ellenbogen and Theatre for Africa (privately published by Theatre for Africa)
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Theatre for Africa. (n.d.) The Complete Works of Nicholas Ellenbogen and Theatre for Africa Claremont, Cape Town.
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