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THE BIRDS

THE BIRDS. Aristophanes Dover edition, Translator unknown. Aristophanes’s The Birds: Welcome to Cuckoonebulopolis !. This ancient vase is believed to present a scene from the play. Theatre at Epidaurus. Greek chorus from an Aristophanic comedy. Cambridge University, 1883.

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THE BIRDS

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  1. THE BIRDS Aristophanes Dover edition, Translator unknown

  2. Aristophanes’s The Birds: Welcome to Cuckoonebulopolis! This ancient vase is believed to present a scene from the play.

  3. Theatre at Epidaurus

  4. Greek chorus from an Aristophanic comedy

  5. Cambridge University, 1883

  6. A modern Greek production KarolosKoun's legendary direction of Aristophanes' The Birds performed at Evripidio Theater in theatre history, this performance was originally produced in 1959 as the result of a co-operation between the top internationally renowned Greek artists of the time in the fields of music, visual arts, dance and theatre. Manos Hadjidakis composed the music, YannisTsarouhis designed the sets and costumes, ZouzouNikoloudi was responsible for the choreography and KarolosKoun structured all partial elements into a distinct whole full of colors. The whole production has a festive atmosphere that resembles Greek community feasts.

  7. A Canadien production, 2010

  8. YouTube of a June 2012 production at an outdoor Theatre in Sicily. Click on the image to link to the video.

  9. LA Opera productionThe Birds by Walter Braunfels

  10. The Birds at ArtwestSeattle, August 2010

  11. A recent HS productionin East Moline, ILL

  12. “For the Birds” A youth theatre production in Idyllwild, CA (2011)

  13. Central Connecticut State University, 2008

  14. Northwestern University

  15. Willamette University, 1986

  16. From a Willamette University Theatre production in November 1986. Director: William Z. Iron; Scene Designer: Luz Salazar; Costume Designer: Chris Harris; Actors: Eric Fishman, Kate Myre. (Photo: Chris Harris, Flickr)

  17. UTPA (Texas), 2011

  18. University of Central Missouri

  19. Carver High School (CA)

  20. Yale Repertory Theatre

  21. Tblisi, Georgia

  22. A recent British production

  23. Eulipides & Pisthaerus

  24. Masked satyrs

  25. Costume Designs by Iulia Gherghescu (Romania) 2007

  26. Sketches for the Greek production in 1959

  27. Character MASKS Hoopoe Iris

  28. Peisthetaeus Euelpides

  29. A set design for a contemporary production ofTHE BIRDS

  30. An inflatable set design for a London production, 2004

  31. Design for THE BIRDS, Alan Duggan (Ireland)

  32. Norway, 2010

  33. Marina Raytchinova, designer (2007)

  34. Hoopoe (Epops)

  35. Procne (Nightingale) Nightingale, Hoopoe, Swallow

  36. Fracolin Flamingo Partridge

  37. Carians

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