A Water Bird Talk – Lyric Solitude 1

Through an illustrated lecture on the subject of water birds, an ornithologist uses descriptions of the birds’ peculiar habits as metaphors for his own oppressive marriage. Each song-like section of the drama describes a different species, and onto each he projects his own feelings – to the evident concern of his wife in the audience, whose bird-like coughs interrupt his lyric digressions. Light hearted and melancholy in equal measure.