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This volume contains Carol Ann Duffy's adaptation plus the
dramatization by Tim Supple and the Young Vic Company. The plays
were produced by the Young Vic, London, in 1994 and 1997. 'Great
theatre is as fleeting as it is thrilling. It exists in the spaces
between actors and audience and is as elusive and silvery as the
paths that wind through dark woods of fairy tales. The great thing
about Carol Ann Duffy's re-telling of these Grimm tales is the
generous energy with which it enfolds each in its own style. Duffy
and director Tim Supple go the whole journey with the brothers
Grimm into the bright, warped world of a child's imagination.'
Guardian 'While a copy of this book would earn its place in the
secondary school library, a set, for English or Drama departments,
would provide a wealth of stimulating opportunities. Highly
recommended.' School Librarian
Tim Supple's adaptations of Grimm Tales and More Grimm Tales have
been universally acclaimed. With the help of David Tushingham, he
has adapted Salman Rushdie's classic children's novel, Haroun and
the Sea of Stories for the stage. Set in an exotic eastern
landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals,
Rushdie's novel inhabits the same imaginative space as Gulliver's
Travels, Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz. Haroun sets out
on an adventure to restore the poisoned source of the sea of
stories. On the way he encounters many foes, intent on draining the
sea of all its storytelling powers.
One of the world's great folk story-cycles adapted for the stage by
leading theatre maker Tim Supple, from the stories written by the
seminal Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh. This unique edition will
unlock the ancient tales for a new generation of readers and
performers.Written by Arabic writers from tales gathered in India,
Persia and across the great Arab Empire, the" One Thousand and One
Nights "are the never-ending stories told by Shahrazad night after
night, under sentence of death, to the king Shahrayar who has vowed
to marry a virgin every night and kill her in the morning.
Shahrazad prolongs her life by keeping the King engrossed in a web
of stories that never ends - a fascinating kaleidoscope of life,
love and destiny. The tales that unfold are erotic, violent,
supernatural and endlessly surprising.The web of tales woven by
Shahrazad were exoticised and bowdlerised in the West under the
title of the "Arabian Nights." This adaptation unearths the true
character of "One Thousand and One Nights "as it is in the oldest
Arabic manuscripts. In turns erotic, brutal, witty, poetic and
complex, the tales tell of love and marriage, power and punishment,
rich and poor, and the endless trials and uncertainties of fate.
The great cities and thriving trade routes of the Islamic world
provide the setting for these stories that employ supernatural
mystery and intense realism to portray the deep and endless drama
of human experience.
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