Treasure Island (Willmott)

Treasure Island (Willmott)

Treasure Island (Willmott)

Robert Louis Stevenson, Phil Willmott

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Treasure Island (Willmott)

Treasure Island (Willmott)

Robert Louis Stevenson, Phil Willmott

Overview

This is the first adaptation of Treasure Island with great parts both male and female performers. Inspired by real-life female adventurers, Phil Willmott has changed the gender of several of the central characters without compromising the spirit of Stevenson's classic novel. First produced to great acclaim as part of London's Free Theatre Festival on the South Bank in 2005, this swashbuckling stage adaptation brings out all the comedy and adventure of this ever-popular story.

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Details

  • Genre: Adaptation (Literature)
  • Cast Attributes: Flexible Cast Size

Authors

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on November 13, 1850. His father, a distinguished lighthouse engineer, urged him to study engineering at the University of Edinburgh, but Stevenson soon began preparing for a law degree. He gra ...
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Phil Willmott

Phil Willmott
Multi-award-winning composer, writer and director Phil Willmott’s first collaboration as a composer with Mark Collins was the musical Lost Boy, which transferred from the Finborough Theatre for an extended run at the Charing Cross Theatre and imagined the characters from Pete ...
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