Strider

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Strider is a play by Russian theatre director and dramatist Mark Rozovsky (1937- ).

An acting edition published by Samuel French (date?)


The original text

Adapted from a story by Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy's (1828–1910) [1] of life seen through the eyes of Strider, a piebald horse. The story has been brilliantly and magically adapted to the stage and it makes Strider seem both equine and thoughtfully human. Despite his maverick coat, Strider is a thoroughbred and a champion. He tells his story to the other horses in the stable; it is one of unexpected triumph and undeserved despair, running much the same as his master's, a dissolute prince. Strider is also an allegory about the indomitability of the pure in spirit- and while inspirational, it is also a valid commentary on the injustices of the world.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Presented by PACT, directed by Terrence Shank at the Alexander and at the National Arts Festival in 1987.


Sources

http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/6749/strider

PACT theatre programme, 1987.

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