Spin!

by Barry Upton

Overview

Spin! is the third of a trilogy of plays based on the classic fairy stories from the Brothers Grimm collection. Written to be read aloud and acted out it tells the tale of the Rumpelstiltskin through drama and verse, and includes background notes on the story so that teachers and parents can help children understand its messages. The first title to be published was Piper! based on The Pied Piper of HamelinThe second title to be published was Chorus! based on The Musicians of Bremen.. A musical version is also available from [e-mail].

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781721811335
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	07/09/2018
Series:	Grimm's Tales as Classroom Plays , #3
Pages:	46
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.10(d)

About the Author

Barry Upton has enjoyed a career as a teacher and leader of Drama in Secondary schools as well as running youth theatres in Hull, Crewe and Retford. He has also run one-man Shakespeare workshops for primary schools across the country.
He has written and directed youth productions over the past 40 years and undertaken tours in Europe and USA including with an original youth production of Joan of Arc at The Edinburgh Festival. Subject material has varied: from Arthurian legend to Stories of the Pilgrim Fathers; from Joan of Arc to Anne Frank.

Spin! is the third play in a trilogy based on the stories collected by The Brothers Grimm. The musical version is available from:
[e-mail]

The first two plays / musicals in this series are:
Piper! Based on The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Chorus! Based on the Musicians of Bremen




Barry has also written novels and shorter stories:
Going Home
The Academy
The Balcony: A Maltese Mystery
The Balcony 2 A Tenerife Mystery
St Swithin's Day One: Questor
St Swithin's Day Two: New Order

His next novel "Fugue" is under construction and will appear in 2019.