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Andersen´s English
Sebastian Barry
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Description for Andersen´s English
Paperback. Celebrated children's writer Hans Christian Andersen arrives, unannounced, for a stay at Gad's Hill Place in the Kent marshes - home to Charles Dickens and his large, charismatic family. To the lonely and eccentric guest, the members of Dickens' household seem to live a life of unreachable bliss. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130 86pp. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Bury, in February 2010, in a joint production by Out of Joint and Hampstead Theatre
Celebrated children's writer Hans Christian Andersen arrives, unannounced, for a stay at Gad's Hill Place in the Kent marshes - home to Charles Dickens and his large, charismatic family.
To the lonely and eccentric guest, the members of Dickens' household seem to live a life of unreachable bliss. But with his broken English, Andersen doesn't at first see the storms brewing within the family: undeclared passions, a son about to go to India, and a growing strangeness at the heart of Dickens' marriage.
Andersen's English by Sebastian Barry premiered at the Theatre Royal, Bury, in February ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571242283
SKU
9780571242283
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About Sebastian Barry
Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955 and educated at The Catholic University School and Trinity College, Dublin, where he was later Writer Fellow in 1996. His plays include Boss Grady's Boys (1988), The Steward of Christendom (1995), Our Lady of Sligo (1998), and The Pride of Parnell Street (2007), and his novels, The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty (1998), ... Read more
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