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The story of a young boy's fantastic adventure after being washed up on a Pacific island – adapted for the stage by acclaimed dramatist Stuart Paterson from the best-selling novel by Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.Michael embarks on a round-the-world sailing voyage with his parents, only for their dream to become a nightmare when Michael falls overboard. Washed up on an island in the Pacific populated with orang-utans, Michael soon makes a startling discovery: the island is already home to one extraordinary man, and this is Kensuke's Kingdom...Stuart Paterson's stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's Kensuke's Kingdom was first staged by Birmingham Stage Company in 2005.
CONTRIBUTORS: Michael MorpurgoEAN: 9781854599698COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 80 gHEIGHT: 199 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Nick Hern BooksDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: DRAMA / General, PERFORMING ARTS / GeneralWIDTH: 124 cmSPINE:
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'A brilliant touring production... I was still on a high days later', 'One to treasure... In this adaptation by Stuart Paterson, the story is beautifully told... I've never heard such cheering as there was at the start of the second act', 'Paterson is a quite unrivalled talent within the theatre'
Stuart Paterson is the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman). Christmas - in Scotland in particular - is never without several stagings of his plays, which include Hansel and Gretel and a Cinderella in which Buttons gets to marry Cinders. Both are published by NHB.
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The story of a young boy's fantastic adventure after being washed up on a Pacific island – adapted for the stage by acclaimed dramatist Stuart Paterson from the best-selling novel by Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.Michael embarks on a round-the-world sailing voyage with his parents, only for their dream to become a nightmare when Michael falls overboard. Washed up on an island in the Pacific populated with orang-utans, Michael soon makes a startling discovery: the island is already home to one extraordinary man, and this is Kensuke's Kingdom...Stuart Paterson's stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's Kensuke's Kingdom was first staged by Birmingham Stage Company in 2005.
CONTRIBUTORS: Michael MorpurgoEAN: 9781854599698COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 80 gHEIGHT: 199 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Nick Hern BooksDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: DRAMA / General, PERFORMING ARTS / GeneralWIDTH: 124 cmSPINE:
Stuart Paterson is the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman). Christmas - in Scotland in particular - is never without several stagings of his plays, which include Hansel and Gretel and a Cinderella in which Buttons gets to marry Cinders. Both are published by NHB.
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