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The Shadow of the Hummingbird

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335: 138:. The opening scene, with the writer searching through his old notebooks and reading excerpts from them, was written by his life partner (now wife) Paula Fourie, who based them on Fugard's diaries and unpublished notebooks. 207: 127:(loosely based on Fugard himself), when he is visited by his ten-year-old grandson. It marked Fugard's first appearance on stage as an actor in fifteen years. 372: 288: 167: 200: 406: 396: 216: 193: 365: 391: 411: 358: 296: 240: 116: 70: 401: 280: 272: 256: 124: 90: 112: 66: 123:, the Long Wharf Theatre's artistic director, and starred Fugard as an elderly writer living in 264: 304: 248: 120: 80: 334: 342: 385: 220: 108: 104: 30: 131: 232: 135: 154: 168:"Athol Fugard Gets Personal In 'Shadow of the Hummingbird' At Long Wharf" 185: 119:, with its first run from 26 March to 23 April 2014. It was directed by 189: 346: 130:
The title of the play comes from Fugard observing a
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Athol Fugard
Long Wharf Theatre
New Haven
English
Southern California
South African
Athol Fugard
Long Wharf Theatre
New Haven, Connecticut
Gordon Edelstein
Southern California
hummingbird
San Diego
The Shadow of the Hummingbird
"Athol Fugard Gets Personal In 'Shadow of the Hummingbird' At Long Wharf"
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Plays
Athol Fugard
Blood Knot
Hello and Goodbye
Boesman and Lena
Sizwe Bansi Is Dead
The Island
A Lesson from Aloes
Marigolds in August
"Master Harold"...and the Boys
The Road to Mecca
The Train Driver

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