The Lottie Project (NHB Modern Plays) - Softcover

Vicky Ireland; Jacqueline Wilson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854599119 ISBN 13: 9781854599117

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2006

Synopsis

An adaptation for the stage of this modern children's classic by the best-selling author and 2005 Children's Laureate.

For her history project, Charlie hits on the idea of writing the diary of Lottie, a young Victorian serving girl. When Charlie's mother loses her job as a shop manageress and starts work as a cleaner, Charlie's previously happy and comfortable lifestyle is threatened, and she finds her own hardships and struggles are not so different from Lottie's

First staged at the Polka Children's Theatre, this adaptation is suitable for young actors as well as young audiences. The adapter, Vicky Ireland, has provided production notes to indicate how the play can be staged even with minimal resources - plus a lot of ingenuity!

'Vicky has adapted a handful of my books for the stage. I hope she works her magic on many more to come!' - Jacqueline Wilson

About this title

About the Author

Vicky Ireland was artistic director of Polka Theatre for Children for fourteen years until 2005, when she returned to freelance directing. Recent theatre includes adapting the poems of Allan Ahlberg to create the show Friendly Matches and scripting Granada TV's The Ark. This autumn she is in Cyprus directing an open-air production of The Odyssey.

From the Back Cover

Charlie's world is changing -- for the worse. Her new teacher refuses to call her anything but Charlotte. (Blech!) And forces her to sit next to Jamie Edwards, the most revolting, stuck-up, horrible boy in the whole class. (Yuck!) And assigns her a dreary project on the dreary Victorian period. (Ugh!) But clever Charlie isn't so easily beaten. Instead of writing a boring report, she creates a diary for Lottie, a Victorian nurserymaid, and history suddenly comes to life.

Charlie's trouble at home isn't quite so easy to fix. It's always been just her and her mom, but her mom has been acting really weird lately -- wearing makeup and dressing up for no reason. Could it be, is it possible, that Charlie's mother's got a boyfriend? There's only so much change Charlie can handle before she has to take control of her own life the way she's taken charge of Lottie's!

Edition details

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1854599119
• ISBN 13: 9781854599117
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96