London theatre: childhood

[heresluck]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, adapted by Simon Stephens, based on the novel by Mark Haddon
Apollo Theatre
dir. Marianne Elliott

I would have said that Haddon's novel would be nearly impossible to adapt for the stage -- but then I would have said the same thing of War Horse, which Marianne Elliott directed to great effect a few

Comments

[anoel]

I can't believe you've never read Matilda! That book and movie was so important to me as a kid as self-affirmation. Good to hear the theatre version was good too :)

[heresluck]

I know, right? I did read a couple of other Roald Dahl books, but not Matilda; the library must not have had it, or I'm sure I would have.

[renenet]

Yeah, the reason your library didn't have that book in it when you were a kid is that it wasn't published until you (and I) were in high school...1988, to be precise.

I always thought of Roald Dahl as an author who must've been dead and gone like most of the other writers I knew of, because the works of his that I was familiar with as a child (James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) were published decades before I'd ever heard of them. But it seems that Dahl was alive and writing right up until his death in 1990.

[heresluck]

Well, that explains a few things. Heh.

[amnisias]

I only found out recently that the Curious Incident had been adapted for stage, and me and my Mum had a conversation about planning another trip to London to see it just a few days ago. And then we switched on the radio and heard that the ceiling at the Apollo Theatre had come down during the evening show with 70+ injured. Kinda freaky.....Hopefully they'll be able to transfer to another stage or repair the damage soon!

[heresluck]

Yeah, that news was quite alarming; I feel bad for everyone with tickets up through Jan. 4!