In Brixton, Nora and Dora Chance – twin chorus girls born and bred
south of the river – are celebrating their 75th birthday. Over the
river in Chelsea, their father and greatest actor of his generation
Melchior Hazard turns 100 on the same day. As does his twin brother
Peregrine. If, in fact, he's still alive. And if, in truth, Melchior
is their real father after all… Wise Children is adapted for the
stage from Angela Carter's last novel about a theatrical family living
in South London. It centres around twin chorus girls, Nora and Dora
Chance, whose lives are brimming with mystery, illegitimacy and
scandal. Dora narrates the story as her older self, looking back on
a tumultuous life, throughout which she and her sister have loved to
sing and dance. A big, bawdy tangle of theatrical joy and
heartbreak, Wise Children is a celebration of show business, family,
forgiveness and hope. Expect show girls and Shakespeare, sex and
scandal, music, mischief and mistaken identity – and butterflies by
the thousand.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781786826923
Publisert
2018
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Utgiver
Vendor
Oberon Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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