The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Published on 28. November 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
104 pages
978-1-78319-982-2 (ISBN)
Description
An angry orphan escapes a grey town on the back of a hurricane. She lands in a mysterious country of tiny people and wicked witches, where the trees carry bazookas, the crows recite slam poetry, and a mouse can blow your head off.
In just one day, this little girl revolutionizes an entire nation. She brings freedom, and colour. Her name is DOROTHY.
In just one day, this little girl revolutionizes an entire nation. She brings freedom, and colour. Her name is DOROTHY.
Reviews / Votes
The writing is pin-sharp...does away with reverence, rips up the rulebook. * The Telegraph on The Trojan Women * Bird writes with a fearless wit * The Independent * This fine new modern-day version by poet Caroline Bird is set in the mother-and-baby unit of a prison. It's an ingenious idea of sparkling sensitivity. * Evening Standard * An assured, funny and twisty script by the young poet and playwright Caroline Bird.... It leaves you reeling * The Times *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
136 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78319-982-2 (9781783199822)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Caroline Bird
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
E-Book
12/2015
1st Edition
Oberon Books Ltd
€11.99
Available for download
Person
Caroline Bird's previous theatre credits include Chamber Piece (Secret Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith), The Trojan Women (Gate Theatre), a radical new version which received wide critical acclaim, Sixty-Six Books (Bush Theatre) where she wrote a piece inspired by Leviticus, and The Trial of Dennis the Menace (Purcell Room, Southbank Centre), a musical inspired by The Beano. In 2012, she was shortlisted for Most Promising New Playwright at the Off-West-End Awards. She is the author of four poetry collections: Looking Through Letterboxes, Trouble Came To The Turnip, Watering Can and The Hat-Stand Union. She has been shortlisted twice for the Dylan Thomas Prize and Watering Can received a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. Caroline was one of the five official poets at London Olympics 2012 and her poem The Fun Palace is now erected on the Olympic Site.