
The Maiden Stone
Rona Munro(Author)
Nick Hern Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 27. July 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-85459-243-9 (ISBN)
Description
A wild and fantastical tale about a group of women struggling to get by in the harsh world of north-east Scotland in the early nineteenth century.
Down-on-her-luck, out-of-work actress Harriet and her family are wandering the roads of Scotland looking for food, shelter, and the opportunity to perform. But they are not the only ones travelling the highways and byways - there's tinker and storyteller Bidie along with her family, always looking for a break; and the dangerously beguiling stranger Nick, whose presence on the road just might be more of a curse than a blessing...
Rona Munro's play The Maiden Stone won the inaugural Peggy Ramsay Award and was first performed at Hampstead Theatre, London, in April 1995.
Down-on-her-luck, out-of-work actress Harriet and her family are wandering the roads of Scotland looking for food, shelter, and the opportunity to perform. But they are not the only ones travelling the highways and byways - there's tinker and storyteller Bidie along with her family, always looking for a break; and the dangerously beguiling stranger Nick, whose presence on the road just might be more of a curse than a blessing...
Rona Munro's play The Maiden Stone won the inaugural Peggy Ramsay Award and was first performed at Hampstead Theatre, London, in April 1995.
Reviews / Votes
'A wild rumbustious mix of fantasy and fable, it has all the rough edges and monstrous scope of a work of genius - frighteningly good' * Scotsman * 'A vigorous and appealing play about the travails of Harriet, an early 19th-century actress, and her family - this play reveals the life of an actress as an astonishing test of physical stamina' * Observer *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
112 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-243-9 (9781854592439)
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Person
Rona Munro is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her screenplays include the Ken Loach film Ladybird.