PIERS TORDAY, writer of the acclaimed Last Wild series of children's novels, has adapted Dickens' A Christmas Carol for Wilton's Music Hall. Here, he explains why his version, Christmas Carol: A Fairy Tale, reimagines the familiar story, placing Ebenezer's sister Fan at the heart of the action... When Charles Dickens published his ‘little Christmas book’ … Continue reading A female Scrooge: author Piers Torday on adapting Dickens for today’s stage
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‘Wonder tales’: Philip Pullman and Philip Wilson on staging the Grimm Tales
For Philip Pullman, working on a new version of the Grimm Tales was a 'dream job'. Here, he explains why they work so well on the stage, while below, theatre director Philip Wilson describes how he adapted and staged the Tales, and what to consider when staging them yourself... Philip Pullman: When Penguin Classics asked … Continue reading ‘Wonder tales’: Philip Pullman and Philip Wilson on staging the Grimm Tales
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