Our Day Out (Acting Edition) [Paperback]

Willy Russell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 31, 1985 | Series: Acting Edition

Mrs Kay's 'Progress Class' are unleashed for a day's coach trip to Conway Castle in Wales - in an exuberant celebration of the joys and agonies of growing up and being footloose, fourteen and free from school. 'The skill and zest of the show ...derive from its success in following the adult argument through while preserving all the fun of a story mainly played by children ...I have rarely seen a show that combined such warmth and such bleakness.' The Times This edition contains the music to the play.

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About the Author

Willy Russell was born in Whiston near Liverpool and left school at fifteen. He went through a succession of jobs before, at the age of twenty, he decided to take 'O' levels and 'A' levels and become a teacher. At about the same time he saw John McGrath's play Unruly Elements at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, and decided he wanted to become a playwright. His plays include: ONE FOR THE ROAD, STAGS AND HENS, EDUCATING RITA, BLOOD BROTHERS and SHIRLEY VALENTINE. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 68 pages
• Publisher: Samuel French (January 31, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0573080585
• ISBN-13: 978-0573080586
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,056,423 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a humerous, witty play and fun to be read in a group, February 7, 1999

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This review is from: Our Day Out (Modern Classics) (Paperback)

I enjoyed reading this play. It was fun to be read in the Liverpudlien accents!!!!! It is about two teachers that take the'Progress class' on a 'day out', not knowing what the children have instore for them. A good read!