Tipping the Velvet by Laura Wade (English) Paperback Book

Description: Tipping the Velvet by Laura Wade, Sarah Waters Its 1887 and Nancy Astley sits in the audience at her local music hall: she doesnt know it yet, but the next act on the bill will change her life. Tonight is the night shell fall in love... with the thrill of the stage and with Kitty Butler, a girl who wears trousers. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Its 1887 and Nancy Astley sits in the audience at her local music hall: she doesnt know it yet, but the next act on the bill will change her life. Tonight is the night shell fall in love… with the thrill of the stage and with Kitty Butler, a girl who wears trousers.Giddy with desire and hungry for experience, Nancy follows Kitty to London where unimaginable adventures await.Sarah Waters debut novel, Tipping the Velvet was highly acclaimed and was chosen by The New York Times and The Library Journal as one of the best books of 1998. Reviewers have offered the most praise for Tipping the Velvets use of humour, adventure, and sexual explicitness. The novel was adapted into a somewhat controversial three-part series of the same name produced and broadcast by the BBC in 2002. Author Biography Laura Wades plays include Posh (Royal Court Theatre and West End), Alice (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield), Kreutzer vs. Kreutzer (Globe Theatre, Sydney Opera House and Australian tour), Other Hands (Soho Theatre), Colder Than Here (Soho Theatre and MCC Theatre New York), Breathing Corpses (Royal Court Theatre), Catch (Royal Court Theatre, written with four other playwrights), Young Emma (Finborough Theatre), 16 Winters (Bristol Old Vic Basement) and Limbo (Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield). Films include The Riot Club. Awards include the Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, the Pearson Best Play Award and the George Devine Award. Laura Wades plays have been performed in the UK, USA, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Germany and the Netherlands. Promotional Acclaimed playwright Laura Wade brings Sarah Waters audacious bestselling novel to the stage in a new adaptation. Promotional "Headline" Acclaimed playwright Laura Wade brings Sarah Waters audacious bestselling novel to the stage in a new adaptation. Competing Titles Laura Wade: Plays One Laura Wade 9781849432238 29.95 Oberon Books 02/26/2013 62 Emma Donoghue: Selected Plays Emma Donoghue 9781783192120 30.95 Oberon Books 09/08/2015 244 Details ISBN1783199954 Series Oberon Modern Plays Year 2015 ISBN-10 1783199954 ISBN-13 9781783199952 Format Paperback Imprint Oberon Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 822.92 Author Sarah Waters Short Title TIPPING THE VELVET Language English Media Book Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC UK Release Date 2015-09-18 Pages 144 Publication Date 2015-09-18 NZ Release Date 2015-09-18 Audience General AU Release Date 2015-09-17 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:100485581;

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