Playing Beatie Bow

adapted by Kate Mulvany from the novel by Ruth Park

Kate Mulvany, Ruth Park

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Currency Press
01 July 2021

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Abigail is a teenager who doesn't quite fit in. She's new in The Rocks, old in her dress sense, and stuck in the middle of her parents' messy separation. She can't wait to get away from all of it. When a street game played by the neighbourhood kids conjures up a mysterious girl, Abigail follows her down twisting alleyways to find herself stuck somewhere strangely familiar and yet entirely strange: The Rocks … in 1873.

Abigail must first work out where on earth she is, then how she's going to get home … and if she really wants to.

Kate Mulvany's adaptation of Ruth Park's classic Playing Beatie Bow, follows in the footsteps of her much-lauded version of Park's The Harp in the South, with all its colour, music, humour and verve.

In a rollicking tale filled with mystery, romance and magic, Playing Beatie Bow explores the gift each of us must discover inside ourselves. The past is closer than you think.

Original author: Ruth Park
Adapted by: Kate Mulvany
Imprint: Currency Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 6mm
ISBN: 9781760627317
ISBN 10: 1760627313
Pages: 116
Publication Date: 01 July 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kate Mulvany is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and actor. Her plays include Medea (created with Anne-Louise Sarks), The Danger Age, The Web and The Seed which is currently being developed into a feature film. Her latest play The Rasputin Affair has just been shortlisted for an AWGIE award. She adapted the much-loved childrens book by Kit Williams, Masquerade and her stage adaptation of Craig Silveys novel Jasper Jones was highly praised. Her stage credits include: The Literati, Tartuffe and Mr Baileys Minder . Her recent portrayal of Richard III for Bell Shakespeare garnered rave reviews.