So Long, Wee Moon

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Ye’r a jinx! Ye hae ayeweys buin a jinx. Pat in this earth tae wrack fowk’s lifes. March, 1924. In a rundown cottage near Crawfordjohn, a wedding dress hangs on the wall. Nancy's life is as cold as the Clyde in winter, but she knows she's going to be a star.Desperate to escape the poverty of her childhood, Nancy Gibbs dreams of being an actress. Her anxious, spiteful mother expects her to marry a farmer and take care of her family.Nancy lives for romance and imagination. She's plotting to get away. But her mother has secrets of her own and they're gathering like wolves. Braw Clan returns with another Scots language play after the success of Secret Wrapped in Lead, with So Long, Wee Moon by Martin Travers.This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere Scottish tour starting in September 2024.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-18
Mått:128 x 196 x 6 mm
Vikt:72 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Modern Plays
Antal sidor:56
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350526754

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Martin Travers is an award-winning playwright based in Lanark, Scotland. He is a founding member of Braw Clan, the Scots Language Theatre Company. His play Secret Wrapped in Lead, inspired by Dorothy Wordsworth’s visit to Leadhills in South Lanarkshire in 1803, was Braw Clan’s first professional production and toured venues throughout Clydesdale in July 2023. His award-winning play Scarfed for Life is studied in all Glasgow secondary schools and his play The Kids Are Alt Right about teenagers becoming radicalised online was launched as a national secondary schools’ resource by the Scottish Government and Education Scotland in autumn 2023. Martin’s punk play, written for the WAC Ensemble (Scotland’s first professionally supported Care Experienced theatre group) won the Writer’s Guild Award for Best Play for Young Audiences in 2022.