Ocean at the End of the Lane, The
- Full Length Play, Drama, Fantasy/Adventure, Present Day, 1980s
- 6M, 5F
- ISBN: 9780573132797
Adapted from Neil Gaiman's bestselling novel, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a thrilling feat of storytelling in which fantasy, sci-fi, myth and imagination combine in an adventure that unfolds right here, in our world.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama, Fantasy/Adventure
- Time Period: Present Day, 1980s
Plunged into 1983, our young protagonist struggles with the ripples of a disturbing event that makes him question his deepest assumptions about his fractured family. Striving to come to terms with his newly unknowable world, together with his new friend Lettie he must reckon with ancient forces that threaten to destroy everything and in turn learn to trust others to find his own feet.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a thrilling feat of storytelling in which fantasy, sci-fi, myth and imagination combine in an adventure that unfolds right here, in our world.
REVIEWS:
"Theatre at its gob-smacking best."
The Times
"Joel Horwood’s adaptation presses home a deeper terror of the violence unleashed in a bereaved family that is just trying to survive...this is a genuine rarity – a show that enthrals all generations without patronising any."
The Guardian
"It’s a lovely, heartfelt show with a surging narrative thrust, a macabre undertow and some brilliantly evoked, seriously scary monsters. I was captivated."
Evening Standard
"A thunderous, sometimes terrifying adaptation."
The Independent
"Shows like this don’t come along very often... I could swim in its twilight waters for longer."
Time Out
Characters
- Casting: 6M, 5F
BOY
LODGER
POLICEWOMAN
POLICEMAN
ENSEMBLE
LODGER
GINNIE HEMPSTOCK
SIS
OLD MRS HEMPSTOCK
URSULA
SKARTHACH
DAD
LETTIE HEMPSTOCK
MAN
Available Material
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Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Script
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Returning to his childhood home, a man finds himself standing beside the pond of the old Sussex farmhouse where he used to play. When he meets an old friend, he is reminded of a name he has not heard for many years: Lettie Hempstock. And is transported to his 12th birthday, when Lettie claimed that this wasn't a pond at all, but an ocean... |
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