The time Kipling spent in India undoubtedly inspired him to write the stories contained within The Jungle Book, into which he imbued everything he had learned and imagined about the jungles in the country of his birth. He stayed in England until he was sixteen, then returned to India where he remained for a further six and a half years. Kipling was born in India and lived in the country until the age of six, at which time he relocated with his family to England. The Jungle Bookis a collection of short stories written by the seminal English author Rudyard Kipling.
Origins of Fairy Tales from Around the World.This powerful and magical version of a much-loved classic is as resonant now as it was when it first appeared – both within South Africa and beyond its borders. Based on a version by the celebrated director Tim Supple, this adaptation was first staged at Johannesburg’s Market Theatre in 2008. The play asks: Who is your family? Those who look the same as you or those who love and nurture you? Here, the tales become a powerful examination of an emerging democracy, and the forces that threaten it. Often describedas an allegory for the society and politics of the time, The Jungle Book has now been adapted by critically-acclaimed South African playwright, Craig Higginson.
But Mowgli’sgrowing fame provoked resentment and envy, and his life was soon threatened from all sides… First published in the late 1890s, Rudyard Kipling’s two Jungle Books have enchanted generations of children and adults. There, Mowgli was brought up by wolves, and educated by the bear Baloo and the panther Bagheera.He was happy while growing up and learning the ways of the jungle –and his name was soon known amongst all the animals. From a version by Tim Supple From the novel by Rudyard Kipling Mowgli was still a toddler when he was lost in the jungle – his parents feeing the tiger, Shere Khan.
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