Nights at the Circus
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Publishing Details
Nights at the Circus
By (Author) Angela Carter
Adapted by Tom Morris
Adapted by Emma Rice
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oberon Books Ltd
1st March 2006
United Kingdom
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Physical Properties
Paperback
64
Width 130mm, Height 210mm
80g
Description
It's 1899 and all of Europe is agape at the arrival of the new century. The world crackles with possibilities and people dance to the irresistible rhythms of money, sex, love and freedom. Swinging above them all is a showbiz sensation: a fierce, vulgar, pant-droppingly sexy trapeze artist called Fevvers. In this dazzling homage to theatre Tom Morris and Emma Rice use a unique blend of story-telling, stage-craft and song to dramatise Angela Carter's popular and highly-regarded novel. Nights at the Circus opened at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith in February 2006 followed by a UK tour.
Reviews
A glorious piece of work... The narrative has a splendid ripe momentum, and each descriptive touch contributes a pang of vividness. * TLS *
Intensely amusing and also provocatively serious. This is a big, superlatively imagined novel. * Observer *
Author Bio
Emma Rice is Artistic Director of acclaimed theatre company Kneehigh.
