The Mammoth Sails Tonight!
By (Author) Adrian Mitchell
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oberon Books Ltd
1st January 2000
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
Educational: First / native language: Literature studies
822.914
Paperback
88
Width 130mm, Height 210mm
The Mammoth is the greatest sailing ship ever built. It is to carry Princess Alysoun from Norway to Scotland, where she is to marry King Andrew the Bold. But she falls in love with Sir Patrick Spens, the bravest captain to sail the seven seas. This is a passionate, funny, subversive celebration of a play.
Adrian Mitchell was a much-loved playwright, poet and activist. His work in the theatre spans more than four decades. It includes original plays, many of them based on his heroes including William Blake, Mark Twain and Erik Satie, and adaptations of Spanish Golden Age and Russian classics. He worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre and the Unicorn Theatre and his plays have been performed across the world.