Part IV — Performance of Siddhartha becomes the Buddha

UT 37-39. On the evening of 25 May 1973, U Thant attended the first performance of Siddhartha becomes the Buddha, a series of one-act plays based on incidents in the life of the Lord Buddha, written by Sri Chinmoy and performed by his disciples on an outdoor stage built for the occasion at Old Mill Farm in Harrison, New York. U Thant was accompanied by his daughter, son-in-law and young grandson.