This January 2002, Madison Children's Theatre will present
A Thousand Cranes, directed by Kate Janssen and
Ron Harris.
Please check our events web page for times and
dates of performances.
The Story
A thousand Cranes [by Kathryn Schultz Miller] is the true and poignant
story of twelve-year-old
Sadako Saski, who was stricken with "radiation sickness" (leukemia) ten years
after the bombing of her city, Hiroshima. Her friend Kenji comes to visit her
in the hospital and reminds her of an old story that if a sick person folds a
thousand origami cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again.
Althought her spirits are lifted, Sadako still dies before reaching a thousand,
leaving the remaining three hundred and sixty-five cranes to be folded for her
by her friends and classmates.
General Info
One Act.
Cast
One Male, Two Females with doubling
Monument
Sadoko's friends originated the idea of building monument to her and to all the
children who were killed by the atom bomb. In 1958 the statue was unveiled in
Hiroshima Peace Park. Sadako is standing on top of a granite mountain, holding
a golden crane in het outstreched arms. Her wish is engraved on the base of the
statue: "This is our cry, this is our prayer, peace in the world."
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