The Boy Who Fell into a Book
The Boy Who Fell Into a Book | |||
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Written by | Alan Ayckbourn | ||
Characters | Kevin Rockfist Slim Monique Green Shark | ||
Date premiered | 4 December 1998 | ||
Place premiered | Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough | ||
Original language | English | ||
Subject | Reading, Imagination | ||
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The Boy Who Fell Into a Book is a 1998 family play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It was premièred as the Stephen Joseph Theatre's 1998 Christmas production to mark the 1999 National Year of Reading. It is about a boy, Kevin, who finds himself teamed up with a fictional detective, Rockfist Slim, on a journey through the books on his shelves.
This play is regarded as the forerunner to the adult's play Improbable Fiction, performed in 2005 which featured a man wandering through the stories of his writing circle colleagues.
Musical adaptation
In July 2014, a musical adaptation of the play by Paul James, with music by Cathy Shostak and Eric Angus was shown at The Stephen Joseph Theatre. It was directed by Ayckbourn himself and received critical acclaim. The English Touring Theatre mounted a production of the book in 2002.[1][2]
- The Boy Who Fell Into a Book on official Ayckbourn site
The Cast: Evelyn Hoskins as Kevin
Nicolos Colicos as Rockfist Slim
Katie Birtill as Monique and Mummy Wubbly
Stephen Matthews as Red Gareth and Ebeneezer
John Barr as Red Bishop and other parts
Natasha J Barnes as the White Queen and other parts
Musical Direction: Mark Warman
Reviews
- The Observer review
- The Guardian review
- What's On Stage review
- The Stage review
- The Scarborough News review
- The York Press review
- The Public Reviews review
- The Northern Echo review
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- The Square Cat
- Love After All
- Dad's Tale
- Standing Room Only
- Christmas v Mastermind
- Mr Whatnot
- Relatively Speaking
- The Sparrow
- How the Other Half Loves
- Family Circles
- Time and Time Again
- Absurd Person Singular
- The Norman Conquests: Table Manners, Living Together, Round and Round the Garden
- Absent Friends
- Confusions
- Jeeves (musical)
- Bedroom Farce
- Just Between Ourselves
- Ten Times Table
- Joking Apart
- Sisterly Feelings
- Taking Steps
- Suburban Strains
- Season's Greetings
- Way Upstream
- Making Tracks
- Intimate Exchanges
- It Could Be Any One Of Us
- A Chorus of Disapproval
- Woman in Mind
- A Small Family Business
- Henceforward...
- Man of the Moment
- Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays
- The Revengers' Comedies
- Invisible Friends
- Body Language
- This Is Where We Came In
- Callisto 5
- Wildest Dreams
- My Very Own Story
- Time of My Life
- Dreams from a Summer House
- Communicating Doors
- Haunting Julia
- The Musical Jigsaw Play
- A Word from Our Sponsor
- The Champion of Paribanou
- Things We Do for Love
- Comic Potential
- The Boy Who Fell Into a Book
- House and Garden: House, Garden
- Virtual Reality
- Whenever
- Damsels in Distress: GamePlan, FlatSpin, RolePlay
- Snake in the Grass
- The Jollies
- Sugar Daddies
- Orvin – Champion Of Champions
- My Sister Sadie
- Drowning on Dry Land
- Private Fears in Public Places
- Miss Yesterday
- Improbable Fiction
- If I Were You
- Things That Go Bump: Life and Beth
- Awaking Beauty
- My Wonderful Day
- Life of Riley
- Neighbourhood Watch
- Countdown (from Mixed Doubles)
- Confusions: Mother Figure, Drinking Companion, Between Mouthfuls, Gosforth's Fete, A Talk in the Park
- A Cut in the Rates
References
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