The birds
The birds is a book written by Aristophanes;Sean O’Brien. The book was published in 2003 and is listed under the Drama category. For readers who want to quickly understand what this title offers, this page gives a clear overview of the book, including its description, author information, page count, ratings, and ISBN details.
The full title of the book is The birds. When available, the subtitle is , which gives extra context about the theme, focus, or main idea behind the book. According to the available description, A contemporary adaptation of The Birds by an award-winning poet, published to tie in with a major production at the National Theatre directed by Kathryn Hunter Pez and Eck are on the hunt for the perfect society in “a city where free men might live like birds”. But when they start building the bird city for real, Pez starts to have ambitions – which seem not a million miles away from dictatorship. As the fantasy utopia threatens to turn into a tyranny the birds start to rebel. Sean O’Brien’s new verse version brings Aristophanes’ devastatingly ironic comment on human ambition bang up-to-date and is brimful of jokes ancient and modern. This adaptation by the winner of the Forward Prize for Poetry of Aristophanes’ classic comedy is published to coincide with the National Theatre production and tour in 2002.
This book has 96 pages, making it useful for readers who want to know the approximate length before starting. It has an average rating of 2.67, based on 3 ratings, which can help readers understand how other people have responded to it.
For cataloging and reference purposes, the ISBN-13 is 9780413772787, while the ISBN-10 is 0413772780. These numbers are helpful when searching for the exact edition of the book online, in libraries, or in bookstores.
The book cover image can be viewed here: http://books.google.com/books/content?id=yBpbAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api.
Overall, The birds by Aristophanes;Sean O’Brien is a title that may interest readers looking for books in Drama. Whether you are researching new books, comparing editions, or building a reading list, this page gives you the most important details in one place.
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