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The Red Balloon

Albert Lamorisse author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:1st Nov '99

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Anthony Clark first turned Albert Lamorisse's fifties French film into a stage musical in 1989. It has been revived on numerous occasions,.

Anthony Clark first turned Albert Lamorisse's fifties French film into a stage musical in 1989. It has been revived on numerous occasions.Anthony Clark's award-winning adaptation of Albert Lamorisse's Fifties French film, The Red Balloon, follows the adventures of a lonely Parisian boy and a stray balloon which befriends him. It enjoyed a successful run at the National Theatre in 1996.

" 'This is children's theatre at its best... Anthony Clark's adapation is both delightful and moving' Sunday Times 'Clark's adaptations have become justly regarded as unmissable seasonable entertainment... A wondrous children's musical guaranteed to crack the hardest of adult hearts... No neat moral yarn, but a humorous and haunting fable' Independent 'A skilful and enchanting stage version of a 1950s classic' The Times"

ISBN: 9781840020793

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Weight: unknown

106 pages