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Beasts and Beauties

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Beasts and Beauties
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Carol Ann Duffy
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 128
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780571226696
ClassificationsDewey:822.920809282
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 21 October 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

One of those rare nights in the theatre when some strange alchemy takes place in the dark and as a shiver runs down your spine and a bubble of laughter rises in your throat, you remember why theatre really matters and can be such a transforming experience.' GuardianIncludes the following dramatisations/stories:Blue Beard The Husband Who Was to Mind the House The Three Wishes Beauty and the Beast The Emperor's New Clothes Toby and the Wolf The Juniper Tree The Girl and the North WindBeasts and Beauties premiered at the Bristol Old Vic in April 2004.

Author Biography

Carol Ann Duffy was born in Glasgow and grew up in Stafford. She has published six collections of poems for adults and has received many awards. She won the 1993 Whitbread Award for Poetry and the Forward Prize for best collection for Mean Time. The World's Wife received the E. M. Forster Award in America. She is currently Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her most recent collection is Feminine Gospels (2002).