The Birds is the tale of two gentlemen of Athens who, revolted by the life of their hometown, by its politics, poetry, religion, and business, travel to a high land where the birds dwell. They persuade the birds to set up their own kingdom, fight the gods and establish their own supremacy on earth. This is a comedy, a satire, a farce, with opportunities for the highest order of low comics in the burlesque tradition. The actors speak directly to the audience, make asides about the structure of the plot and threaten ill-speaking critics with nothing sort of immolation.

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