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Boychev is a political satirist and comedian. In the 90s his specific blend of absurd humour, surrealism and satirical eloquence brought him international acclaim. The Colonel Bird, his haunting social allegory of life in the Balkans, won in 1997 the British Council International Playwriting Award for best play, presented by Harold Pinter. - From "Notes from the Editor", The Colonel Bird and Other Plays, published by Tantalus Books, 2003
Set in an asylum, a group of variously troubled individuals establish an unlikely independent state and try to join the UN. When the UN fails to turn up the group decides to march en masse to Strasbourg.
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