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Kensuke's Kingdom
Paperback, 64 pages ISBN: 9781854599698Publication Date:
11 Jan 2007
Size: 199mm x 124mm£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
First Staged:
Birmingham Stage Company on national tour, 2005

Kensuke's Kingdom (stage version)

By Michael Morpurgo Adapted by Stuart Paterson

Paperback £10.99£8.79

The story of a young boy's fantastic adventure after being washed up on a Pacific island – adapted for the stage by acclaimed dramatist Stuart Paterson from the best-selling novel by Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.

Michael embarks on a round-the-world sailing voyage with his parents, only for their dream to become a nightmare when Michael falls overboard. Washed up on an island in the Pacific populated with orang-utans, Michael soon makes a startling discovery: the island is already home to one extraordinary man, and this is Kensuke's Kingdom...

Stuart Paterson's stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's Kensuke's Kingdom was first staged by Birmingham Stage Company in 2005.

Extra Content: Michael Morpurgo introduces his book Kensuke's Kingdom in a video published by Harper Collins in March 2019.

Press Quotes

'A brilliant touring production... I was still on a high days later'

Times Educational Supplement

'One to treasure... In this adaptation by Stuart Paterson, the story is beautifully told... I've never heard such cheering as there was at the start of the second act'

Birmingham Post

'Paterson is a quite unrivalled talent within the theatre'

Herald
Paperback,64 pages ISBN: 9781854599698Publication Date:
11 Jan 2007
Size: 199mm x 124mm£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)

Also by Stuart Paterson:

The Jungle Book
Treasure Island
King of the Fields
The Princess and the Goblin
Hansel and Gretel
Beauty and the Beast
The Snow Queen
Cinderella
Puss in Boots
The Sleeping Beauty
Merlin the Magnificent

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