Hannah and Hanna by John Retallack

Hannah and Hanna by John Retallack

It is 1999. Hannah is sixteen. She loves karaoke and her bloke Bullfrog; she hates her home town of Margate and the Kosovan asylum-seekers who have come to live there. Hanna is also sixteen. She loves karaoke, loves Margate - and is one of the asylum-seekers. Slowly and unexpectedly, the two become friends, Hannah being forced to face up to her prejudices. This play for two young women addresses important issues through comedy, personal drama and the uniting power of music.

"timely and significant.. (the) simple staging is beautifully assured and well-crafted, particularly in its seamless knitting-together of music and action... it offers a notably sharp, thoughtful pen-portrait of new wave British fascism... finally the sheer human ordinariness of (the girls') teen friendship, set against so much hatred, is tremendously moving." Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman"

Company of Angels' artistic director, John Retallack, has written and directed a number of plays in recent years. From 1989 to 1999, John served as the artistic director of Oxford Stage Company, where his adaptation of Melvyn Burgess' Junk won the TMA Young People's Award in 1998. Throughout a ten-year period, his Shakespeare plays for Oxford Stage Company toured abroad and received significant critical praise. From 1977 through 1985, he was the founding director of Actors Touring Company (ATC). Many awards have been given to his work, including a SWET award in 1983 and a Herald Angel at the 2001 Edinburgh Festival.

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ISBN 13	9780573030239
ISBN 10	0573030235
Title	Hannah and Hanna
Author	John Retallack
Series	French's Acting Editions
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Samuel French Ltd
Year published	2005-03-02
Number of pages	41
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.