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A History of Paper

Oliver Emanuel

What use is paper? To speak.
To imagine. To remember.

It starts when she puts a note through his letterbox.

'Hello Number 4, this is Number 6. Please could you SHUT THE **** UP? Ta.' Not a promising beginning, but... they meet, they fall in love, they get married.

Then one day a letter arrives that will change them, and the world, forever...

Oliver Emanuel and Gareth Williams's A History of Paper is a musical love story about a man and a woman and the little bits of paper that make up a life.

This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere Dundee Rep and Traverse Theatre co-production at Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre in August 2024.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Methuen Drama
  • Publish Date: Sep 12nd, 2024
  • Pages: 80
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.81in - 5.06in - 0.16in - 0.19lb
  • EAN: 9781350530416
  • Categories: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

About the Author

Emanuel, Oliver: - "Oliver Emanuel (1980-2023) was an award-winning playwright based on the west coast of Scotland. He wrote over 30 plays for both stage and radio. Theatre included: The 306: Trilogy - Dawn, Day & Dusk; Dragon and The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish (National Theatre of Scotland); The Monstrous Heart, Traverse; Flight, Vox Motus; Titus, Red Bridge Arts; Prom, Oran Mor/Traverse/Lemon Tree. Radio included: When The Pips Stop, The Truth About Hawaii, A History of Paper, Emile Zola: Blood Sex & Money, BBC Radio 4. Awards included: Tinniswood Award 2019; Best Series at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2019; Herald Angel 2017; Best Adaptation at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2016; The People's Choice Victor Award at IPAY 2015; Best Show for Children at the UK Theatre Awards in 2014. Oliver founded the MLitt in Playwriting & Screenwriting at the University of St Andrews with Zinnie Harris."
Williams, Gareth: - Gareth Williams has been a curator at the British Museum since 1996, specializing in the Anglo-Saxon and Viking periods. He has published extensively on both Anglo-Saxon and Viking warfare, and curated the exhibitions Vikings: Life and Legend at the British Museum and Viking Voyagers at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall.