The Birds

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A comedy by Aristophanes. Written and performed in 414BC.

Performance history in South Africa

2004-2005: Presented at the Dionysus Festival in in the Kirstenbosh Amphitheatre, directed by Roy Sargeant.

2011-2012: Presented in the Gilbert Murray translation by Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre Company and Artscape in the Kirstenbosh Amphitheatre 20 December 2011-15 January 2012. Directed by Roy Sargeant, design by Keith Anderson, original music by Michael Tuffin, choreography by Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Production manager Alfred Rietmann, stage manager Jerome Chapman, masks made by Corrine Smit and Hansie Visagie. Cast: Jeroen Kranenbug, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, Armand Aucamp. Members of The Chorus: Francis Chouler, Frans Hamman, Lee Roodt, Anele Situlweni, Michael Inglis, Riaan Visman, Melissa Haiden, Wiseman Sithole, Zonda Njokweni.

Translations and adaptations

Hand vol vere ("Handful of feathers") by André P. Brink(1971), a satire which comments on South Africans and the politics of the time.

Sources

Van Zyl Smit in (SATJ No 19, 2005)


Programme: The Birds, Kirstenbosch Amphitheatre 20 December 2011-15 January 2012.

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