The Grinning Man by Carl Grose

The Grinning Man by Carl Grose

A strange new act has arrived at Trafalgar Fair's freakshow.

Who is Grinpayne and how did he get his hideous smile?

With the help of an old puppeteer, his pet wolf and a blind girl, Grinpayne's tale is told. When word spreads across the capital, everything changes. Desperate to know the terrible secrets of his mysterious past, Grinpayne leaves his true love behind and embarks on a journey into an even crueller world - the aristocracy.

The Grinning Man is a fairy tale love story streaked with pitch-black humour, lashings of Gothic horror and swashbuckling adventure. It opened at Bristol Old Vic in 2016 to great acclaim and transferred to the West End's Trafalgar Studios in 2017 where it achieved cult status and rave reviews.

Defies theatrical convention by keeping its hand on its heart and its tongue in its cheek. - The Guardian

Blackly comic brilliance. - The Telegraph

The best British score in years - WhatsOnStage

Carl Grose has worked previously with Told by an Idiot on Beauty and the Beast (Lyric, Hammersmith). His recent plays include: Gargantua (2011's National Theatre Connections Festival); Grand Guignol (The Drum Theatre, Plymouth); Superstition Mountain (o-region). He has written for BBC Television and radio, the RSC, Soho Theatre and Vesturport. For the past sixteen years he has worked extensively with Kneehigh Theatre as both an actor and writer. He also co-founded the Cornish theatre and film production company o-region.

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ISBN 13	9780573132209
ISBN 10	0573132208
Title	The Grinning Man
Author	Carl Grose
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Samuel French Ltd
Year published	2021-05-17
Number of pages	116
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