Private Peaceful and other adaptations: With Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp and the Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark (Oberon Modern Playwrights)

Michael Morpurgo

ISBN 10: 184002660X / ISBN 13: 9781840026603

Published by Oberon Books, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Private Peaceful and other adaptations: With Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp and the Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark (Oberon Modern Playwrights)
• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184002660X
• ISBN 13: 9781840026603
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo, Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp by Philip Pullman, The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson, all adapted by Simon Reade. Three rites-of-passage plays for the young person in all of us, brilliantly adapted from the books of three best-selling authors. In Michael Morpurgo's moving tale of youth cut short, seventeen year-old Tommo Peaceful relives his innocent rural past as he spends his last night in the trenches of World War One. In Philip Pullman's Aladdin, this ancient magical tale is retold as a story of ambition and self-advancement, a young man's journey from lazy good-for-nothing to great wealth and power. And in Jill Tomlinson's delightfully witty classic, a fledgling Barn Owl conquers his fears through a series of eye-opening encounters. These plays are for audiences of all ages.

About the Author

Michael Morpurgo is the author of over 60 books for children including The Butterfly Lion, winner of the Smarties Prize and the Writers' Guild Award; and The Wreck of the Zanzibar which won the Whitbread Award. Michael and his wife Clare established Farms for City Children and were both awarded MBEs in recognition of their services to youth through this organisation. The live on a farm in Devon.