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The Nightingale
Adapted by William Electric Black and Amie Brockway-Henson. Author(s):
Hans Christian Andersen
Musician/Composer(s):
Elliot Sokolov
When Grandpa, prompted by a plain little gray bird, begins to tell his grandchildren, Elizabeth and Jonathan, about the emperor's nightingale, his back yard is transformed into the emperor of China's palace, garden and forest, and the three of them become characters in this humorous and moving story. At the end of the emperor's forest, where the emperor has never been, is a deep blue sea where fishermen come with their nets to feed their families and to hear the sweet music of the nightingale. The emperor is outraged to learn that such a treasure exists in his own forest, and yet he has not seen it. He orders his chief courtier to find the nightingale and bring it to him. When the nightingale arrives, the emperor has it put in a golden cage where it will sing to him every day. Then, one day, the emperor of Japan sends the emperor of China a beautifully jeweled mechanical bird, which quickly wins the emperor's admiration. The nightingale, homesick for its friends and family in the forest, escapes, and the emperor learns some important lessons about friendship, loyalty, freedom, and the special beauty found only in nature.
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| Genre(s): | Not Available | | Time Period(s): | Not Available | | Play Type: | Musical | | Runtime: | 43 minutes | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Not Available | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 12 | | Male Characters: | 0 | | Female Characters: | 0 | | Androgynous Characters: | 0 | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: |
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Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatic Publishing
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