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''[[Bird]]'' is a play by [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]]
  
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==The original text==
  
==The original text==
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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.
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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.   
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:28, 5 October 2022

Bird is a play by Nicholas Ellenbogen

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.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

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