Two Plays for Young People by Phil Porter

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Action-packed fun plays for children aged 7+.

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Two Plays for Young People by Phil Porter

Life isn't much fun for the two children trapped on Ward One of St Ruth's Hospital for Damaged Eyes in "The Flying Machine." But then a new boy arrives at the hospital and he is soon leading a revolt against Nurse Cakebread's hard regime. Armed with a set of blueprints and a cunning escape plan, he turns everything on the ward upside down. Full of laughs and action "The Flying Machine" is a play of heroic deeds, despicable schemes and acts of amazing bravery. In "Smashed Eggs" - winner of the Arts Council Children's Award in 2003 - Titus and Miranda are being driven crazy by their mum's ridiculous rules. She has a rule for everything: what to have for breakfast, what to wear when mopping and even a timetable for polishing wellingtons. One day, Miranda leads Titus on a journey which changes the way they look at the world forever. What would happen if they disobey mum?
Phil Porter is a multi-award-winning playwright and librettist. His work has been produced at Manchester Royal Exchange, Northampton Theatre Royal, The Unicorn Theatre and The Royal Opera House. His plays include Vice Versa (RSC), The Man With The Hammer (Plymouth Theatre Royal), The Christmas Truce (RSC), Blink (Soho/nabokov), The Cracks In My Skin (Manchester Royal Exchange, Bruntwood Award winner) and Stealing Sweets And Punching People (Theatre 503/Off-Broadway). Edits/adaptations include Moliere’s The Miser (West End, with Sean Foley), Middleton’s A Mad World, My Masters (RSC, with Sean Foley), Shakespeare’s The Tempest (RSC/Little Angel) and Janos Hay’s The Stonewatcher (National Theatre). Plays/libretti for young audiences include Moominsummer Madness (Polka/Northampton), The Flying Machine (Unicorn Theatre), Smashed Eggs (Pentabus, winner of Arts Council Children’s Award) and Pinocchio (Royal Opera House).
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ISBN 13 9781840028645
ISBN 10 1840028645
Title Two Plays for Young People
Author Phil Porter
Series Oberon Modern Playwrights
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2008-06-01
Number of pages 126
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