
The Dutiful Daughter
Charles Way(Author)
Aurora Metro Books (Publisher)
Published on 10. June 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
172 pages
978-0-9546912-6-4 (ISBN)
Description
Bi-lingual English and Mandarin Edition
Mandarin translation by Yang Lijun
A group of troublesome actors arrive in a modern city. They tell the story of Ke Xin, princess of the Isle of Joy, who is always obedient until the day the sea brings to her island home a strange sailor, a raving fool without a memory, a man who will challenge everything she believes in.
A timeless tale of love, power and transformation that explores many of the key issues faced by young people today.
Mandarin translation by Yang Lijun
A group of troublesome actors arrive in a modern city. They tell the story of Ke Xin, princess of the Isle of Joy, who is always obedient until the day the sea brings to her island home a strange sailor, a raving fool without a memory, a man who will challenge everything she believes in.
A timeless tale of love, power and transformation that explores many of the key issues faced by young people today.
Reviews / Votes
'A rare and mature piece of children's theatre, in both thought and form... it satisfies on every level.' The GuardianMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Twickenham
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Aurora Metro Publications
Target group
Young adult
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-9546912-6-4 (9780954691264)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Charles began writing plays in 1978 when he joined Leeds Playhouse TIE team. He has written over 40 plays, many of them for young people. His plays Sleeping Beauty and The Search for Odysseus were both nominated as Best Children's Play by the Writer's Guild with A Spell of Cold Weather winning the award in 1996. His play about the percussionist Evelyn Glennie, [Polka Theatre] was nominated as Best Children's Show by the TMA. Other plays include: The Flood, One Snowy Night [Chichester Festival Theatre], The Tinderbox [Gwent Theatre] and The Night Before Christmas [Polka Theatre].
Charles' plays for adults include adaptations of Bruce Chatwin's On the Black Hill and Halldor Laxness' Independent People. In Wales, he has long associations with Gwent Theatre, The Sherman Theatre and Hijinx Theatre, for whom he has written In the Bleak Midwinter, and Ill Met by Moonlight.
He was recently commissioned by the National Theatre to write Alice in the News, which children all over Britain have performed. Other new plays include: Still Life [Plymouth Theatre Royal], and The Long Way Home, for New Perspectives Theatre/CIAO Festival.
In 2004, Charles won the Arts Council's Children's Award for his play Red Red Shoes [Unicorn Theatre/The Place] and Merlin and the Cave of Dreams [Imagination Stage] was nominated in USA for a Helen Hayes award for the 'outstanding new play of 2004'.
Charles has written many plays for radio, and a TV poem for BBC2, No Borders, set on the Welsh borders, where he lives and has spent most of his creative life.
Charles' plays for adults include adaptations of Bruce Chatwin's On the Black Hill and Halldor Laxness' Independent People. In Wales, he has long associations with Gwent Theatre, The Sherman Theatre and Hijinx Theatre, for whom he has written In the Bleak Midwinter, and Ill Met by Moonlight.
He was recently commissioned by the National Theatre to write Alice in the News, which children all over Britain have performed. Other new plays include: Still Life [Plymouth Theatre Royal], and The Long Way Home, for New Perspectives Theatre/CIAO Festival.
In 2004, Charles won the Arts Council's Children's Award for his play Red Red Shoes [Unicorn Theatre/The Place] and Merlin and the Cave of Dreams [Imagination Stage] was nominated in USA for a Helen Hayes award for the 'outstanding new play of 2004'.
Charles has written many plays for radio, and a TV poem for BBC2, No Borders, set on the Welsh borders, where he lives and has spent most of his creative life.