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The Horse's Mouth: How Handspring and the National Theatre made War Horse

The Horse's Mouth: How Handspring and the National Theatre made War Horse

by Mervyn Millar (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

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Synopsis


The subject of this new edition is the Tony Award-winning play, War Horse, currently a smash hit on Broadway and the West End. The beloved play that was recently adapted into a Steven Spielberg film is also enjoying highly-anticipated productions in Toronto and Australia, and will embark on a U.S. tour in June 2012 and a U.K. tour in fall of 2013.

The Horse's Mouth follows the production of War Horse, as adapted from Michael Morpurgo's novel, from early concept workshops to a beguiling and original play incorporating actors working with life-sized puppets to take the audience on a gripping journey through history. The Horse's Mouth is a fascinating, illustrated behind-the-scenes look at how this acclaimed and highly technical piece of theatre was achieved.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 112
 Edition: 2nd Edition
 Publisher: Oberon Books Ltd
Published: 01 Dec 2011
ISBN 10: 1849430594
ISBN 13: 9781849430593

Media Reviews
This story - the story of making the first show - is our record of how uncertain, optimistic, idealistic and naive we felt back then. It's the spark underneath each new version and each fresh company who bring the fuel and the heat to inspire every production of War Horse. -- Mervyn Millar

An excellent publication... At all times, Millar's writing is clear, pacy and illuminating and the illustrations - which include four pages of color photographs - are fabulous. Don't bother to see the film version: spend your money on this lovely book. -- Aleks Sierz

A story of how an astonishing piece of theatre came about - The Stage

Author Bio

Mervyn Millar was born in London in 1974. He is a theatre director and puppetry specialist. He has provided puppetry to major companies including the RSC, National Theatre Studio, NT Education, theatre-rites, Lyric Hammersmith, Bristol Old Vic, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Liverpool Playhouse and BAC. He has created and directed installation and site-specific shows for wireframe and with Kazuko Hohki, and directed new writing and classics for the Steam Industry and others. Mervyn is the Artistic Director of Handspring UK.