Collected Plays for Children (Paperback, Main)

This volume contains six plays by Ted Hughes which are particularly suitable for performance by children. Four of them were published originally under the title, The Coming of the Kings and Other Plays. Added to these are Orpheus and The Pig Organ, the former only ever published in America, the latter (which was written as a libretto) never before published. Hughes enters the timeless world of folklore and fable and brings home a wonderful haul, managing to produce comedy, tragedy and magic from the same net, and then to move effortlessly between them. He makes stories from familiar elements (the Nativity, or Beauty and the Beast or a quest to save a sickening king), but approaches them from unexpected angles and sets them off in different directions. What characterizes the pieces is the energy Hughes generates not only in the unfolding action but in the drama of the language itself, which is as robustly up-to-date as it is lyrical.

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2001
Authors:	Ted Hughes
Illustrators:	Quentin Blake
Dimensions:	198 x 126 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	138
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-20957-6
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Language & literature > English (including English as a school subject) > English literary criticism > General Books > Children's & Educational > Language & literature > English (including English as a school subject) > English literature texts > Drama texts > Plays for children Books > Children's Fiction & Fun
LSN:	0-571-20957-2
Barcode:	9780571209576

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