Mermaid
Paperback, 64 pages ISBN: 9781848424869Publication Date:
26 Mar 2015
Size: 198mm x 129mm£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
Ebook, 64 pages ISBN: 9781780015798Publication Date:
24 Apr 2015
£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
First Staged:
Shared Experience UK tour, 2015

Mermaid

By Polly Teale

Paperback £10.99£8.79

Ebook £10.99£8.79

A bold reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen's tale of love, loss and desire, transported to a contemporary setting.

Beneath the ocean's waves there is no death or pain or separation. Above, the modern world is beset with war, poverty and desire.

On her sixteenth birthday, a mermaid rises up to the surface, leaving her childhood behind for ever when she falls in love with a mortal prince. She knows that she can no longer live at the bottom of the ocean - but must she destroy herself in order to be loved?

Polly Teale's Mermaid was first performed by Shared Experience and Nottingham Playhouse on a UK tour in 2015.

Press Quotes

'A beautiful, stylistic and intelligent adaptation'

Teaching Drama

'Wonderfully atmospheric'

WhatsOnStage

'An enchanting fairy story brought splashing into present-day, superbly woven around a highly descriptive text'

The Public Reviews
Paperback,64 pages ISBN: 9781848424869Publication Date:
26 Mar 2015
Size: 198mm x 129mm£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
Ebook,64 pages ISBN: 9781780015798Publication Date:
24 Apr 2015
£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)

Also by Polly Teale:

Jane Eyre
After Mrs Rochester
Mine
Brontë
Speechless

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