The Shadow Of The Hummingbird
The Shadow Of The Hummingbird is a play by Athol Fugard.
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The original text
A largely autobiographic play about an elderly writer living in Southern California who is visited by his ten-year-old grandson.
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his old notebooks and reading excerpts from them, was written by Paula Fourie, based on Fugard's actual diaries and unpublished notebooks.
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.
The text published in South Africa by Human & Rousseau, 2015.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2014: Performed at the Market Theatre, directed by Athol Fugard and Paula Fourie, and featuring Athol Fugard and Marviantoz Baker.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_of_the_Hummingbird
Lida Krüger. 2016 "The Shadow Of The Hummingbird" (book review), Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, vol.53 no.1 Pretoria 2016[1]
Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
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