Simon Reade

Simon Reade has adapted Private Peaceful as an internationally touring award-winning one-man show, for schools and youth theatres, for BBC Radio 4, and as a feature film starring George Mackay and Jack O’Connell. His other Morpurgo adaptations include An Elephant in the Garden, Toro! Toro!, Twist of Gold and The Mozart Question. He wrote the screenplay for Journey’s End (starring Sam Claflin, Asa Butterfield, Toby Jones, Tom Sturridge, Stephen Graham and Paul Bettany, directed by Saul Dibb), and his many other plays include adaptations of Pride & Prejudice, A Room With A View, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Scarecrow and His Servant, Not The End of the World, Moon Tiger, Tales from Ovid and Midnight’s Children.

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Private Peaceful (Ensemble version)

Michael Morpurgo, Simon Reade
Full-Length Play, Drama

Private Peaceful (Ensemble version)

Michael Morpurgo , Simon Reade

Full-Length Play, Drama / 5w, 14m

Michael Morpurgo's moving story of a young soldier, killed by firing squad in the First World War.
This adaptation is for ensemble casts - a version for solo actors is also available.

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Waiting for Anya

by Michael Morpurgo, Simo...

Waiting for Anya

Michael Morpurgo, Simon Reade
Full-Length Play, Drama
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Waiting for Anya

Michael Morpurgo , Simon Reade

Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 6m

Simon Reade’s stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s war story celebrates the triumph of a spirited French community who stubbornly resist their invading aggressor by smuggling refugee Jewish children across the border into Spain.

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