Wendy & Peter Pan E-Book

Ella Hickson

• Herausgeber: Nick Hern Books
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Ella Hickson's version of J.M. Barrie's much-loved story puts the character of Wendy firmly centre stage, in an adaptation that is refreshingly modern but never loses the charm of the original. Winter 1908. Snow is falling across London. Wendy Darling and her brothers sleep peacefully in their bedroom, as their parents bicker downstairs. In a sudden flurry of snow their window blows open, and into their lives tumbles a mischievous boy called Peter, followed by a fractious fairy called Tink. With the aid of a little fairy dust, Wendy agrees to fly with Peter to Neverland, seeing not only the promise of an awfully big adventure, but also the chance to rediscover the key to her parents' lost happiness. Once there, she will give the Lost Boys a run for their money, defeat Captain Hook and his pirate crew, and ultimately, learn what it means to grow up. Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Ella Hickson's Wendy & Peter Pan premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in December 2013, and was revived by the RSC in 2015. It was staged at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, in an international co-production between Bunkamura in Tokyo and Leeds Playhouse in the UK. The play will suit any theatre company or youth group looking to stage a classic tale, full of magic, adventure and strong female roles.

Leseprobe

Ella Hickson

WENDY& PETER PAN

Adapted from the book by

J.M. Barrie

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Title Page

Original Production

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Epigraph

Characters

Wendy & Peter Pan

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

Wendy & Peter Pan was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, on 10 December 2013. It was revived by the company in this revised version on 17 November 2015, with the following cast:

PETER’S SHADOW

Simon Carroll-Jones

NIBS

Cavan Clarke

TOM

Sam Clemmett

JOHN

James Corrigan

HOOK

Darrell D’Silva

WENDY

Mariah Gale

MARTIN

Adam Gillen

SHADOW

Susan Hingley

SHADOW

Jack Horner

MRS DARLING

Rebecca Johnson

SMEE

Paul Kemp

SHADOW/DOC GILES/CROCODILE

Arthur Kyeyune

KNOCK BONE JONES

David Langham

CURLY

Douggie McMeekin

MICHAEL

Jordan Metcalfe

TINK

Charlotte Mills

TIGER LILY

Mimi Ndiweni

MURT THE BAT

Dodger Phillips

SHADOW

Laura Prior

PETER PAN

Rhys Rusbatch

MR DARLING/SKYLIGHTS

Patrick Toomey

SLIGHTLY

Harry Waller

TOOTLES

Lawrence Walker

SHADOW

Jay Webb

DOC SWAIN

Dan Wheeler

All other parts played by members of the Company.

Director

Jonathan Munby

Designer

Colin Richmond

Lighting Designer

Oliver Fenwick

Music

Olly Fox

Orchestrations

Jason Carr

Sound

Christopher Shutt

Movement

Michael Ashcroft

Fights

Terry King

Video Designer

Ian William Galloway

Aerial Advisor

Jack Horner

Associate Director

James Blakey

Music Director

Bruce O’Neil

Casting

Annelie Powell

Dramaturg

Pippa Hill

Production Manager

Peter Griffin

Assistant Production Manager

Janet Gautrey

Costume Supervisor

Zarah Meherali

Company Manager

Jondon

Stage Manager

Francis Lynch

Deputy Stage Manager

Carol Pestridge

Assistant Stage Manager

Emma McKie

Producer

Kevin Fitzmaurice

For Elizabeth,

May you have the best of adventures.

Magic does exist. I promise.

Acknowledgements

Wendy and Peter Pan has been a truly collaborative project. In the four and a bit years of its development it has benefited hugely from the time, thought and love that have been poured into it from all those that have been involved.

Much of what we discovered in the initial workshops laid the foundations for the show as it stands today. I owe a great debt to everyone who offered their time and ideas so generously.

I’d like to thank the original cast for what was a hugely enjoyable and magical few months. Returning to Neverland this year with a new gang has enabled a wonderful discovery of so much I hadn’t seen before.

The characters that are now fixed on the page are a mixture of you all and I feel hugely lucky to have been able to build Neverland around such brilliant and inventive actors.

My time at the RSC has been very happy and enormously rewarding, I’m deeply grateful to everyone in the company for the huge amount of work that goes into a show of this scale. I’d like to thank the literary department, Pippa, Réjane and Collette, for all their time and support and Jeanie for those first conversations.

I’d especially like to thank Jonathan Munby, who made the magic real. It’s better than I ever could have imagined. Thank you for an amazing adventure.

Finally, I’d like to thank my family for having provided me with all I needed to know about great escapades, teatime by the fire, brilliant brothers and what it’s like to be a much-loved child.

E.H., 2015

Come away, O human child!

To the waters and the wild

With a faery, hand in hand

For the world’s more full of weeping

Than you can understand.

‘The Stolen Child’

W. B. Yeats

In memory of Christopher,

and all the other lost boys and girls – play on

Characters

WENDY

JOHN

MICHAEL

TOM

MRS DARLING

MR DARLING

DOC GILES

PETER

TINK

TOOTLES

NIBS

CURLY

SLIGHTLY

CAPTAIN HOOK

SMEE

DOC SWAIN

KNOCK-BONE JONES

FIRST MATE MURT THE BAT

SKYLIGHTS

MARTIN THE CABIN BOY

TIGER LILY

THE CROCODILE

Plus SHADOWS, PIRATES

This ebook was created before the end of rehearsals and so may differ slightly from the play as performed.

ACT ONE

Scene One

1908: the Darling children’s nursery – a winter afternoon. We can see the steeples and rooftops of London in the distance. A game of ambush is underway; the troops are in their hiding positions. JOHN, . MICHAEL, , TOM, .