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

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

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This story the story of making the first show is our record of how uncertain, optimistic, idealistic and nave we felt back then. Its 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 This second edition of The Horses Mouth follows the production of War Horse, a play adaptation of Michael Morpurgos novel, from early concept workshops to one of the most beguiling and original plays ever staged by the National Theatre, the actors working with magnificent,life-sized puppets to take the audience on a gripping journey through history. The Horses Mouth is a fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of how this acclaimed and highly technical piece of theatre was achieved. In his new Introduction, Mervyn Millar describes how the journey from improbable idea to long-running show has seen our production change.

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This story the story of making the first show is our record of how uncertain, optimistic, idealistic and nave we felt back then. Its 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, Millars writing is clear, pacy and illuminating and the illustrations which include four pages of color photographs are fabulous. Dont 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
This story the story of making the first show is our record of how uncertain, optimistic, idealistic and nave we felt back then. Its 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, Millars writing is clear, pacy and illuminating and the illustrations which include four pages of color photographs are fabulous. Dont 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.