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The Storyteller Sequence
''The Storyteller Sequence'' is a series of one act dramas written for young people by Philip Ridley. The plays, all set in east London, use fairytale stories and theatrical conventions to reveal the traumas of their young protagonists. To date there are five plays in the sequence, although Ridley has intimated there will eventually be seven. The five written to date are ''Karamazoo'', ''Fairytaleheart'', ''Moonfleece'', ''Sparkleshark'' and ''Brokenville''; note that although this is not the order in which the plays were written and performed chronologically, it is the order Ridley intends the finished "sequence" to run. A collection bringing together the five plays produced so far in the sequence was published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama in late 2015. ''Karamazoo'' (2004) ''Karamazoo'' is a fifteen-minute monologue from an east London teenager called Ace. Two versions of the play exist, for male and female actors respectively. Ace is the most popular boy/girl at school, wai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Storyteller Sequence
''The Storyteller Sequence'' is a series of one act dramas written for young people by Philip Ridley. The plays, all set in east London, use fairytale stories and theatrical conventions to reveal the traumas of their young protagonists. To date there are five plays in the sequence, although Ridley has intimated there will eventually be seven. The five written to date are ''Karamazoo'', ''Fairytaleheart'', ''Moonfleece'', ''Sparkleshark'' and ''Brokenville''; note that although this is not the order in which the plays were written and performed chronologically, it is the order Ridley intends the finished "sequence" to run. A collection bringing together the five plays produced so far in the sequence was published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama in late 2015. ''Karamazoo'' (2004) ''Karamazoo'' is a fifteen-minute monologue from an east London teenager called Ace. Two versions of the play exist, for male and female actors respectively. Ace is the most popular boy/girl at school, wai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |