The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (NHB Modern Plays)

by John Boyne

Overview

Bruno has a friend called Shmuel. Like Bruno, Shmuel is nine years old. Their birthdays are on the same day. But Shmuel lives on the other side of a fence, and he's always wearing striped pyjamas...

Based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a heart-wrenching tale of an unlikely friendship between two innocent boys. Angus Jackson's deeply affecting adaptation was produced by The Children's Touring Partnership and Chichester Festival Theatre on a UK tour in 2015.

'Heart-breaking... A marvelous piece of theatre' - The Public Reviews

'Parents and teachers looking for a good way of introducing children to the horrors of the holocaust will find what they need in this adaptation of John Boyne's multimillion-selling novel' - The Times

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780016375
Publisher:	Hern, Nick Books
Publication date:	06/20/2015
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

Angus Jackson’s work as director includes Oppenheimer by Tom Morton-Smith (Royal Shakespeare Company; Swan Theatre/Vaudeville); King Lear, with Frank Langella (Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York/Chichester); Neville’s Island (Chichester/Duke of York’s); Goodnight Mr Tom (Phoenix/ Children’s Touring Partnership; winner of 2013 Olivier Award for the Best Entertainment and Family); The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan (Pinter Theatre/Chichester); Bingo by Edward Bond (Young Vic/Chichester). Also for Chichester: If Only by David Edgar, Wallenstein by Schiller, in a new version by Mike Poulton, Funny Girl, Waltz of the Toreadors, The Father, Carousel. For the National Theatre: Rocket to the Moon by Clifford Odets, The Power of Yes by David Hare, Fix Up by Kwame Kwei-Armah, Elmina’s Kitchen by Kwame Kwei-Armah, also at the Garrick Theatre, West End (nominated for Olivier Award Best New Play, won Evening Standard Award Best New Writer).

Other work includes The Prayer Room by Shan Khan for the Edinburgh International Festival and Birmingham Rep; Promises, Promises by Burt Bacharach and Neil Simon for the Crucible Theatre Sheffield and Adam Spiegel Productions; 24-hour Plays on Broadway; Drink, Dance, Laugh and Lie by Samuel Adamson at the Bush Theatre. Films and short films include Epithet with Patrick Stewart, Young Vic Films; Running for River with Romola Garai; Old Street, with Ray Winstone and David Tennant; Elmina’s Kitchen film for BBC4 (BAFTA Nomination for Best New Director).