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The Light Burns Blue

The Light Burns Blue

$24.99

ISBN: 9781848425026
Author: By Silva Semerciyan
Publication Date: 11/06/2015
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Extent: 88pp.
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SKU: BK2286 Categories: Drama, Full-length, Gender themes, Nick Hern Books, Plays, Plays by women, Political / social themes, Significant female role/s, Surreal / magic realism, Young adult Tags: Nick Hern Books, Scripts
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‘Do you love what you do? Because I loved making the photographs. I loved the feeling of taking charge. Putting things in the frame, taking them out again. Writing with my eyes.’

During the First World War, seventeen-year-old Elsie Wright fools the world into believing she has photographed fairies in her garden. An ambitious young reporter seeks to expose Elsie as a fraud. But as she looks at the facts, she begins to think there’s more to Elsie’s story than a simple hoax.

Inspired by the true story of the Cottingley Fairies, The Light Burns Blue by Silva Semerciyan is part of Platform, an initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books aimed at addressing gender imbalance and inequality in theatre. Platform comprises big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.

‘Drama is an important tool for building confidence and empowering young people. Platform will give girls opportunity to access these benefits as much as their male counterparts.’ – Moira Buffini

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