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| − | ''[[The Shadow Of The Hummingbird]]'' is a play by [[Athol Fugard]].
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | A largely autobiographic play about an elderly writer living in Southern California who is visited by his ten-year-old grandson.
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| − | The opening scene of the play - showing the writer searching through his old notebooks and reading excerpts from them, was written by [[Paula Fourie]], based on Fugard's actual diaries and unpublished notebooks.
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| − | The world premiere, directed by Gordon Edelstein, took place at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut on 26 March 2014. Fugard himself played the lead role, supported by the ten-year-old twins Aiden and Dermot McMillan as "Boba" the grandson.
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| − | The text published in South Africa by [[Human & Rousseau]], 2015.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 2014: Performed at the [[Market Theatre]] in August, directed by [[Athol Fugard]] and [[Paula Fourie]], and featuring [[Athol Fugard]] and [[Marviantoz Baker]].
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| − | ==Sources==
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_of_the_Hummingbird
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| − | [[Lida Krüger]]. 2016 "The Shadow Of The Hummingbird" (book review), ''[[Tydskrif vir Letterkunde]]'', vol.53 no.1 Pretoria 2016[https://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0041-476X2016000100030]
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| − | [[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
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| − | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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| − | == Return to ==
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| − | Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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| − | Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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| − | Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
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| − | Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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| − | Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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| − | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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