Three war plays by Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse, dramatised by Simon Reade.Private Peaceful relives the short life of Tommo growing up in rural Devon before fighting the battles and facing the injustices of the First World War. In Toro! Toro! young Antonito liberates his favourite bull from the ritualised killing of the bullfight as he tries to escape the Spanish Civil War. In The Mozart Question Paolo Levi discovers the astonishing truth about his parents’ flight to Venice from the gas chambers of the Second World War.Each play is accompanied by an introduction from Michael Morpurgo.
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" A trilogy of one-man plays adapted from stories by former children's laureate Michael Morpurgo. Linked by their protagonists' experiences of war, these plays are heartbreaking condemnations of violence. Contains the plays Private Peaceful, Toro! Toro! and The Mozart Question. Each play is introduced by Michael Morpurgo. "
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"Introduction 9 by Simon Reade Finding Private Peaceful 12 by Michael Morpurgo Private Peaceful 14 Stumbling upon a bull in Spain 57 by Michael Morpurgo Toro! Toro! 58 The Violinist 89 by Michael Morpurgo The Mozart Question 90"
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Three war plays by Michael Morpurgo, the UK's leading children's author and author of War Horse, dramatized by Simon Reade.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781849433907
Publisert
2012-09-18
Utgiver
Vendor
Oberon Books Ltd
Vekt
148 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
112
Forfatter
Other primary creator
Om bidragsyterne
The celebrated collaboration between children’s author Michael Morpurgo and playwright and former RSC literary manager Simon Reade has also created the BBC radio play and the feature film of Private Peaceful, Polka Theatre’s production of Twist of Gold, and the concert series that includes On Angel Wings. Simon’s other plays include Pride & Prejudice, The Scarecrow and His Servant, Not the End of the World and, for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Midnight’s Children and Tales from Ovid.