Goodnight Mister Tom

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Full Length Play, Drama / 6f, 7m

Goodnight Mister Tom
Adapted by David Wood
From the novel by Michelle Magorian

Goodnight Mister Tom is a tale of two broken souls at very different ends of the age scale that celebrates the value of love and proves that friendship knows no barriers.

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OVERVIEW

Cast Size

6f, 7m
Duration

More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
Subgenre

Adaptations (Literature)
Target Audience
- Appropriate for all audiences

Accolades

The play won the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment and Family in 2013.

Description

One of the most uplifting stories ever written, Michelle Magorian’s stunning Goodnight Mister Tom is brought gloriously to life in this stage adaptation by David Wood – the UK’s ‘National Children’s Dramatist’ (The Times).
Set during the dark and dangerous build-up to the Second World War, Goodnight Mister Tom follows sad young William Beech, who is evacuated to the idyllic English countryside and builds a remarkable and moving friendship with the elderly recluse Tom Oakley. All seems perfect until William is devastatingly summoned by his mother back to London.

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Considerations

Performing Groups

Cautions

Mild Adult Themes

Licence details

Minimum Fee: £69 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Optional Music/Media Fee: £18 per performance

Specifics

Details

Time Period: 1940s / WWII
Duration: More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
Additional Features: Play w/ Music
Features / Contains: Period Costumes

Casting

6f, 7m

Cast Attributes

Ensemble cast
Reduced casting (Doubling Possible)
Flexible casting
Roles for Children
Room for Extras
Parts for Senior Actors

Casting Notes

Ensemble cast - doubling possible. M7 F6 plus puppeteer.
25 speaking parts plus opportunities for extras in the ensemble.

Materials

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8 comprehensive scores

Media

Press

‘…works like a charm…the play will speak to children, without question – but it may well be adults, looking back at a long-ago England while catching reactions of their own younger, fearful selves, it moves the most. Recommended.’ Daily Telegraph

‘…tugs the heart strings…moments of enchanting comedy…splendidly faithful to the book…a big success.’ Independent

‘It ends as children’s theatre should: adults audibly snivelling and children breathlessly attentive. Here’s a suggestion: ever since the role of children’s laureate was created, the title has gone to novelists, a poet and the illustrator Quentin Blake. It should now go to a playwright, to acknowledge that theatre too has a vital role. David Wood has been making quality children’s plays for 43 years. Herewith my nomination.’ The Times

Videos

Goodnight Mister Tom trailer
Podcast interview with David Wood

Authors

David Wood

David Wood has been called “the national children’s dramatist” (London Times). His plays are performed worldwide, and include The Gingerbread Man, The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner, Save the Human, Aladdin, Hijack Over Hygenia, Jack the Lad, Larry the Lamb in Toytown, Old Mother Hubb ...

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Goodnight Mister Tom

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