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Two Plays for Young People:

Two Plays for Young People: "Fairytaleheart" and "Sparkleshark" (Faber plays)

by PhilipRidley (Author)

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    Paperback 1998

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Synopsis

Two plays which can be performed individually or in combination. In Fairyheart, two 15 year olds deal with ruptured families and homelessness by embracing their hopes and fears in a derelict community centre. In Sparkleshark, a young boy on top of a council tower block tells stories like a modern day Scheherazade to stop a gang beating him up.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 126
 Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 22 Jun 1998
ISBN 10: 0571196241
ISBN 13: 9780571196241

Author Bio
Philip Ridley was born in the East End of London and studied Fine Art at St Martin's School of Art. As a writer his credits include nine children's novels - including Krindlekrax (1991), winner of the Smarties Prize, Kasper in the Glitter (1994), nominated for the Whitbread Prize, and Scribbleboy (1997), shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal - and two pieces for younger children. His stage plays are The Pitchfork Disney (1991), The Fastest Clock in the Universe (1992), which won the Meyer-Whitworth Prize, a Time Out Award, and both the Critics' Circle and the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for Most Promising Playwright, Ghost from a Perfect Place (1994), Vincent River (2000), Krindlekrax (premi red by the Birmingham Rep in June 2002) and three plays for young people: Fairytaleheart (Hampstead Theatre, 1998), Sparkleshark (Royal National Theatre, 1999) and Brokenville (2001), which receiv