The Machine Gunners

Author:   Robert Westall ,  Ali Taylor
Publisher:   Nick Hern Books
Edition:   stage version
ISBN:  

9781848423145


Pages:   120
Publication Date:   06 December 2012
Format:   Paperback
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An adaptation of the beloved, award-winning children's novel. It's 1940, and Britain is at war. Young Chas McGill has the second-best collection of war souvenirs in town, but desparately wants it to be the best. Amidst the bombs and air raids, Chas and his friends plan their own war effort in their newly built bunker. Friendships are forged and loyalties tested, in the adventure of a lifetime... Robert Westall's The Machine Gunners has been read, studied - and loved - by successive generations of younger readers. It won the Carnegie Medal and was voted one of the most important children's novels of the past seventy years. This thrilling stage adaptation comes from the award-winning playwright Ali Taylor, and premiered at the Polka Theatre, London, in 2011. It provides rich opportunities for discussion in the classroom, and for staging by schools, youth theatres and amateur companies. 'An imaginative and realistic interpretation.' — The Stage

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Author:   Robert Westall ,  Ali Taylor
Publisher:   Nick Hern Books
Imprint:   Nick Hern Books
Edition:   stage version
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.137kg
ISBN:  

9781848423145


ISBN 10:   1848423144
Pages:   120
Publication Date:   06 December 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Seat-of-the-pants suspense. Westall's writing is smashing throughout. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The pace is unrelenting. -- Booklist (starred review) An imaginative and realistic interpretation. - The Stage -An imaginative and realistic interpretation.- - The Stage An imaginative and realistic interpretation. - The Stage


Seat-of-the-pants suspense. Westall's writing is smashing throughout. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The pace is unrelenting. -- Booklist (starred review)


-An imaginative and realistic interpretation.- - The Stage


Author Information

Ali Taylor trained at the Royal Court Young Writers' Programme. His first play Cotton Wool (Theatre503, London, 2008) won the 18th Meyer Whitworth Award. He was one of the winners of 'Metamorphosis08', a new play competition run by the Churchill Theatre, Bromley, for his play Overspill (Churchill, Bromley, & Soho Theatre, London, 2008). His writing for young people includes two plays for Polka Theatre: Sticks and Stones and an adaptation of The Machine Gunners (shortlisted for the Brian Way Award). Other plays include Conspiracy (RWCMD/Gate); Under My Skin (Pegasus); Fault Lines (Hampstead Theatre, 2013); Cathy (Cardboard Citizens, 2016) and several radio plays for BBC Radio 4.

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