New Plays for Young People - Brossura

Way, Charles

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1906582513 ISBN 13: 9781906582517

Casa editrice: Aurora Metro Pubns, 2013

Riassunto

A new collection of plays for young people across the globe from award-winning playwright Charles Way, in a follow-up to his acclaimed collectionPlays for Young People. This volume includes Missing, a modern take on Hansel and Gretel about the nature of poverty, which won the German Children's Theatre Prize 2010 and has had eight productions in Germany alone;Nivelli's War, about a six-year-old German evacuee and his journey home at the end of World War II; andPirates, about a boy at sea, which was nominated for both the Writer's Guild Best Children's Play Award and a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play.

Charles Way has written over 40 plays, many of them for young people. He was commissioned by the National Theatre to writeAlice In The News, which children all over Britain have performed. He has written many plays for radio, and a TV poem for BBC 2,No Borders, set on the Welsh borders, where he lives and has spent most of his creative life.

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Recensione:

Missing: 'Evocative and eloquent, Missing has proven its effectiveness in production and in 2010 was honored with the highly prestigious German Children's Theatre Prize' --Janet Stanford - Imagination Stage

Pirates: 'Seriously intelligent children's theatre that's also great fun. The domestic and the fantastical are ingeniously blended. Delightful.' --Time Out's Critics Choice - London

Nivelli's War: 'a vivid and moving theatrical account of an incredible journey - inspired by a true story.' --Paul McEneaney, Cahoot s NI

L'autore:

Charles Way has written over forty plays, many of them for children and young people. He was commissioned by the National Theatre to writeAlice In The News, which children all over Britain have performed. He has also written many plays for radio, and a TV poem for BBC 2,No Borders, set on the Welsh borders, where he lives and has spent most of his creative life.

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• Editore: Aurora Metro Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1906582513
• ISBN 13: 9781906582517
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 167