Ebook {Epub PDF} Treasure Island: A Play by Mary Zimmerman

 · Mary Zimmerman’s Treasure Island is most remarkable for what it isn’t The adapter-director's latest for Lookingglass tells the classic story straight. by Jack Helbig Octo August  · San Francisco Chronicle. In Treasure Island, Tony Award winner and inventive adapter-director Mary Zimmerman has penned a spirited, energetic adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s most beloved novel, proving again that “a strong story full of larger-than-life characters and the quest for filthy lucre has no age barrier” (Chicago Sun-Times).Author: Mary Zimmerman.  · Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel "Treasure Island" became a children's classic almost from the moment it was published in Scores of adaptations followed. But a new stage production at Lookingglass Theatre, adapted and directed by Tony award-winner Mary Zimmerman, is being praised for its original take on the story.

Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of Stevenson's saga of pirates and hidden treasure just opened in an action-filled production in the Utah Shakespeare Festival's Randall Theatre. "Treasure Island" is the festival's family-friendly show this summer, and it's bound to please kids. Treasure Island: a play by Mary Zimmerman (Book) 2 editions published in in English and held by 72 WorldCat member libraries worldwide "Scottish-born Robert Louis Stevenson's nautical epic Treasure Island was first serialized in Young Folks (a British magazine for children) from October to January Mary Zimmerman. Mary Zimmerman is a writer and director of theatre specializing in the adaptation of classic stories of world literature for the stage. Her work is known for its striking visual nature, vivid storytelling, and sensitivity to the original text. She has earned national and international recognition in the form of numerous awards.

As a Tony winner and the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" grant, Mary Zimmerman brings an inarguable cachet to her work. Like earlier works that Zimmerman both adapted and directed (The Jungle. Treasure Island explodes like a cannon ball onto the stage regaling thrill-seekers of all ages with a story both epic and intimate, hilarious and harrowing. Tony Award-winner Mary Zimmerman (Metamorphoses, Arabian Nights) has penned a glorious adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's most beloved novel."--Provided by publisher. Mary Zimmerman is a writer and director and has worked with Lookingglass for more than 25 years. For Lookingglass, she adapted and directed The Odyssey, The Secret in the Wings, The Arabian Nights, S/M, Metamorphoses, Eleven Rooms of Proust (Co-production with About Face Theatre), Argonautika and Treasure Island.