Plays for Young People - Softcover

Way, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0953675718 ISBN 13: 9780953675715

Publisher: Aurora Metro Books, 2002

Synopsis

Playing for the Heart explores the struggle of young Evelyn Glennie to become a percussionist despite her profound deafness. Eye of the Storm offers young audiences a contemporary version of The Tempest, with the opportunity for disguises. Red Red Shoes uses the context of Eastern Europe to explore war, ethnic boundaries and the struggle for life and death through the contemporary reworking of an old myth.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles has written over 40 plays, many of them for young people. He was recently commissioned by the National Theatre to write "Alice 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.

Review:

Playing from the Heart: 'An inspirational piece of children's theatre' THE GUARDIAN Eye of the Storm: 'Teenagers all over the country have been enjoying this witty, perceptive and enormously entertaining play... capturing the eternal struggle of youngsters to grow up and fly the nest, parents to protect them form the big, bad world.' SOUTH WALES ARGUS Red Red Shoes: '...his plays are complex, subtle, elusive, metaphorical, mythic, magical... and the essential art of storytelling is at the core...' DAVID ADAMS, 'STATE OF PLAY'

About this edition

• Publisher: Aurora Metro Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0953675718
• ISBN 13: 9780953675715
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160