Treasure Island
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ARTS Theatre
About
Adapted by Bryony Lavery and Directed by Megan Dansie.
Lavery’s script follows the basic plot of Robert Louis Stevenson’s book, yet offers some much needed modernisation. Jim Hawkins becomes tomboy Jemima Hawkins and Lavery adds in several light-hearted jokes about this switch.
Although the novel may have been intended for children, Lavery’s adaptation will instill a childlike feeling of adventure into any adult in the audience – which is exactly what many of us are looking for right now.
It is fast-paced, gripping and packed full of action. I came away from the show with the same sense of adventure that I’m sure Robert Louis Stephenson intended when he wrote Treasure Island way back in 1881.
Lavery’s script follows the basic plot of Robert Louis Stevenson’s book, yet offers some much needed modernisation. Jim Hawkins becomes tomboy Jemima Hawkins and Lavery adds in several light-hearted jokes about this switch.
Although the novel may have been intended for children, Lavery’s adaptation will instill a childlike feeling of adventure into any adult in the audience – which is exactly what many of us are looking for right now.
It is fast-paced, gripping and packed full of action. I came away from the show with the same sense of adventure that I’m sure Robert Louis Stephenson intended when he wrote Treasure Island way back in 1881.
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