Journey of the tall horse

the long version

"In 1826 a giraffe was captured in the African savannah and transported from Egypt to France to be presented to King Charles X as a prize addition to his menagerie. In 2004 a unique collection of performers from around the world joined together to tell its story with the help of a grand variety of puppet designers, actors, dancers, stilt-walkers, music, costumes, graphics - and a life-size puppet giraffe." "Journey of the Tall Horse tells how this ambitious collaboration came about, and how the contributors worked together, incorporating a huge range of styles and techniques and overcoming barriers of culture and language, to perform the show to great success. Filled with photographs, original design sketches and comments from all those involved, Mervyn Millar's eye-witness account takes the reader to the heart of the theatre-making process, capturing all the enthusiasm and exhaustion, frustrations and rewards of being involved in a groundbreaking stage production. The book also includes the performance script of Tall Horse by Khephra Burns."--BOOK JACKET