This is Ben Warren, writer and director of Fire Bird.
A labour of love, Fire Bird weaves together different renditions of the phoenix story with established Slavic folklore to tell a unique version of the legendary bird’s tale. Inspired primarily by Yakov Polonsky’s children’s fable, ‘A Winter's Journey’ and orchestrated with key themes from ‘The Firebird Suite’ by Igor Stravinshi, it draws heavily on the translated works of Alexander Afanasyev, included in ‘The Red Fairy Book’ (1890).
And in my dreams I see myself on a wolf's back
Riding along a forest path to do battle with a sorcerer-tsar
In that land where a princess sits under lock and key,
Pining behind massive walls.
There gardens surround apalace all of glass;
There Firebirds sing by night
And peck at golden fruit."
The following scene is an exhert from our original take on this legendary myth. Thank you for listening.
The full drama can be listened to at: https://bwarren1.wixsite.com/firebird
Transcript can be found at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zytyevhn99ays6t/Fire%20Bird%20Script.pdf?dl=0
