The Machine Gunners
$30.72
- Paperback
120 pages
- Release Date
6 December 2012
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848423145 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848423144 |
| Author: | Robert Westall, Ali Taylor |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Imprint: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 120 |
| Release Date: | 6 December 2012 |
| Weight: | 137g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
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“An imaginative and realistic interpretation.” - The Stage
‘An imaginative and realistic interpretation.’
* The Stage *About The Author
Robert Westall
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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