Emil and the Detectives

by Erich Kastner, Carl Miller (Adapted by)

Overview

A new Christmas show adapted from the classic German children’s novel, first published in the UK in 1931.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783190188
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/02/2014
Series:	Oberon Modern Plays
Pages:	80
Sales rank:	429,982
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	8 Years

About the Author

Erich Kästner was a German author, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poetry and children's literature. For the latter contributions he received the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1960.

Carl Miller was the Artistic Director of the Young People's programme at the Royal Court Theatre from 1997 to 1999. Since 2002, he has been the Literary Manager of the Unicorn Theatre. He was textual advisor on Phyllida Lloyd's production of Webster's THE DUCHESS OF MALFI at the National Theatre in 2003.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“This effervescent little story is all about boy power…Enjoyable? You betcha.”—The Denver Post
 
“There is something sweet and pure about Kästner’s writing.”—Los Angeles Times
 
“Kästner makes the concerns of the book child-sized but enormous…The main pleasure is in the way in which it plays to the fantasy of omnipotence in a child.”—The Guardian