Robert Westall

The Watch House

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Produktdetails

• Plays for Young People
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 129mm x 198mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 136g
• ISBN-13: 9781350455405
• ISBN-10: 1350455407
• Artikelnr.: 69662678

Autorenporträt

Robert Westall (1929 - 1993) was an English author and teacher known for fiction aimed at children and young people. Some of the latter cover complex, dark, and adult themes. He has been called "the dean of British war novelists". His first book, The Machine Gunners, won the 1975 Carnegie Medal for the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. It was named among the top ten Medal-winners at the 70th anniversary celebration in 2007. Westall also won a second Carnegie (no one has yet won three), a Smarties Prize, and the once-in-a-lifetime Guardian Prize. Chris Foxon is an Olivier Award-winning theatre-maker, dramaturg, and producer with an extensive track record of internationally-acclaimed new plays. Chris is Executive Director of Papatango theatre company, and has developed and produced new plays at fringe and West End venues. He has taught at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, as well as the Universities of York and Northampton.