Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Narayana and Bhataryan.
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Bib. Number0010393
Narayana and Bhataryan.
Publisher(Altana)
Place PublishedMuch Hadham
Year1984
Date & Collation46 mins.Colour.Sound.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationAmateur video, received from Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education, of a performance of Moore's play. In Oriental setting a royal brother and sister are in exile. Narayana is chosen for sacrifice to a Hippopotamus deity. Her brother slays the Goddess, but Narayana dies anyway. The play was performed at Alsager, and on 23 November 1984 at Leeds during the exhibition (See 0000719). For typescript see 0009620. For music by Peter Rudnick see 0010392.