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Adaptation of The Red Shoe Ursula Dubosarsky , 2006 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The Red Shoe
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'Growing up "in a house far away... deep in the bush" in 1954, there are many things six-year-old Matilda doesn't understand: Why is her father away so much? Are the mysterious men who moved into the house next door really spies? Why doesn't her older sister, Elizabeth ever want to go back to school? Why won't her middle-sister, Frances speak? And how can she win the "most interesting pet" prize at school for her sad mother with the beautiful hair?

'Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the adaptation of this acclaimed novel by Jigsaw explores the human drive to find ways to make sense of our surroundings. Hans Christian Anderson's fairytale, the Petrov affair, and the continuing aftershocks of a world war intermingle in this richly layered exploration of a family's secrets and ultimate redemption.'

Source: Jigsaw Theatre Company website,
Sighted: 07/08/2008

Notes

  • Suggested audience age: 10 to 16 years.

Production Details

  • Produced by Jigsaw Theatre Company a the Street Theatre, Canberra, 28 August - 6 September 2008.

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First known date: 2008
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y separately published work icon The Red Shoe Ursula Dubosarsky , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2006 Z1253742 2006 single work novel young adult historical fiction (taught in 5 units) 'This is the story of Matilda and her two sisters growing up in Sydney in the 1950s at the time of the Petrov Affair. Punctuated by the headlines of the time it shows with unsettling clarity how the large events of the world can impinge on ordinary lives.' (Libraries Australia)
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Works about this Work

Jigsaw Theatre Company 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Lowdown , August vol. 30 no. 4 2008; (p. 53)
Jigsaw Theatre Company Estelle Muspratt , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Lowdown , August vol. 30 no. 4 2008; (p. 28)
Adaptation for Theatre 2008 single work interview
— Appears in: ACTWrite , August vol. 14 no. 7 2008; (p. 4-5)
Adaptation for Theatre 2008 single work interview
— Appears in: ACTWrite , August vol. 14 no. 7 2008; (p. 4-5)
Jigsaw Theatre Company Estelle Muspratt , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Lowdown , August vol. 30 no. 4 2008; (p. 28)
Jigsaw Theatre Company 2008 single work column
— Appears in: Lowdown , August vol. 30 no. 4 2008; (p. 53)
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