Merlin and the Cave of Dreams
Published on 12. December 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
68 pages
978-0-9551566-0-1 (ISBN)
Description
Nominated as an outstanding play of 2004. Helen Hayes Award finalist in USA.
The King is dead and the Green Kingdom is in turmoil. Only Merlin knows that the future lies in the hands of young Arthur.
Taken away from the only home he's known, Arthur slumbers in Merlin's Cave of Dreams. Here, his past and future are revealed in a glorious vision that will lead him on the adventure of a lifetime.
Can Arthur slay the giants and dragons that stand in his way? Will he pull the sword from the stone and claim his rightful kingdom?
The King is dead and the Green Kingdom is in turmoil. Only Merlin knows that the future lies in the hands of young Arthur.
Taken away from the only home he's known, Arthur slumbers in Merlin's Cave of Dreams. Here, his past and future are revealed in a glorious vision that will lead him on the adventure of a lifetime.
Can Arthur slay the giants and dragons that stand in his way? Will he pull the sword from the stone and claim his rightful kingdom?
Reviews / Votes
"A major playwright." The Guardian"Charles Way's lyrical script... displays many influences from European mythology, traces Arthur's journey from discovering the true identity of his parents to drawing Excalibur from the stone and becoming King. In between, he has to journey through the underworld and confront a number of difficult challenges, just like many other mythical heroes from different cultures and traditions." British Theatre Guide
"Forget chivalrous knights in shining armour rescuing love-sick maidens, round tables and the fabled glories of Camelot. Charles Way's delightful play takes the young rustic Arthur through his rites-of-passage towards self-awareness as the once and future kind to draw that sword from the stone." The Stage
"And dream we did, most delightfully, and wondered at the magic as we sailed with the young Arthur, a true son of Wales, to an Avalon of rugged standing stones, wizards, giants, grotesques and wicked kings and beautiful ladies." Theatre in Wales
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Twickenham
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Aurora Metro Publications
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
86 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9551566-0-1 (9780955156601)
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Charles Way
Charles Way has written over fifty plays and specialises in
writing for children, young people and family audiences. His
plays are performed worldwide. Charles has won several
major awards - A Spell of Cold Weather won a Writer's Guild
award in 2001, in 2004 he received the English Arts Council
award for Red Red Shoes and in 2010 he won the German
Children's theatre prize for Missing. Charles is also well
known for his versions of classic tales such as Sleeping
Beauty, Cinderella and The Snow Queen. He has also
written many plays for radio, and a TV poem for BBC 2, No
Borders, set on the Welsh borders, where he lives and has
spent most of his creative life.
Charles Way has written over fifty plays and specialises in
writing for children, young people and family audiences. His
plays are performed worldwide. Charles has won several
major awards - A Spell of Cold Weather won a Writer's Guild
award in 2001, in 2004 he received the English Arts Council
award for Red Red Shoes and in 2010 he won the German
Children's theatre prize for Missing. Charles is also well
known for his versions of classic tales such as Sleeping
Beauty, Cinderella and The Snow Queen. He has also
written many plays for radio, and a TV poem for BBC 2, No
Borders, set on the Welsh borders, where he lives and has
spent most of his creative life.