Treasure Island Paperback ? September 14, 2021

Nicholson, John; Bete, Le Navet

ISBN 10: 1848429835 / ISBN 13: 9781848429833

Editore: Nick Hern Books, 2021

Codice articolo 379216812

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<p class="p1">Fourteen-year-old Jim Hawkins is serving ale in The Admiral Benbow Inn &#8211; when suddenly the door slams open and in strides Billy Bones, the infamous pirate, to change Jim&#8217;s life forever&#8230;</p><p class="p1">Soon, Jim finds himself on board&#160;<em>The</em>&#160;<em>Jolly Todger</em>&#160;and setting sail on the high seas. Alongside him, the crew includes Captain Birdseye, Black Dog, Blue Peter, the one-legged Long John Silver, and a parrot called Alexa &#8211; and their destination: a mysterious tropical paradise in the Caribbean named Treasure Island. Or Skeleton Island. Depends who you ask.</p><p class="p1">This riotously chaotic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson&#8217;s beloved<em>&#160;Treasure Island</em>&#160;is a collaboration between John Nicholson (<em>The Hound of the Baskervilles</em>) and the physical-comedy theatre company Le Navet Bete, with their four actors playing dozens of characters.</p><p class="p1">Following the company&#8217;s hilarious, hit adaptations of <em>Dracula: The Bloody Truth </em>and <em>The Three Musketeers</em>, it premiered at the Plymouth Athenaeum in 2019, and in a Black Spot-defying production at the Exeter Northcott Theatre in 2020, before touring nationally.</p><p class="p1">If you&#8217;re looking for a rip-roaring, swashbuckling, family-friendly retelling of a classic story to perform with your theatre company or drama group, then X marks this spot.</p>

Informazioni sull?autore: <p><strong>Le Navet Bete</strong> is a physical-comedy theatre company based in Exeter, Devon, whose spectacular and hilarious shows have wowed audiences globally since their formation in 2007.</p><p><strong>John Nicholson</strong> is a writer, director and performer. He is Co-Artistic Director of Peepolykus, with whom he has toured throughout the UK and worldwide since 1995. As a writer, his work includes <em>Dracula: The Bloody Truth</em> (Le Navet Bete, 2017); <em>The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary</em>, co-written with Javier Marzan for Peepolykus (Liverpool Everyman, 2016); and <em>The Hound of the Baskervilles</em>, co-written with Steven Canny for Peepolykus (West Yorkshire Playhouse, 2007). He has also written extensively for BBC Radio, including <em>Richard&#8217;s Rampage</em>, and the four-part series <em>Trespasser&#8217;s Guide to the Classics</em> (2015). As an actor, he has numerous television credits, particularly across the BBC and ITV.</p>

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Titolo: Treasure Island Paperback ? September 14, ...
Casa editrice: Nick Hern Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2021
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New