Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29707 in Books
• Published on: 1980-12-31
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

Customer Reviews

Amazing, captivating but yet true to life.
Olwen Walmark has an amazing gift allowing him to provide an enchanting play, but showing the truth about how hard it is to live with a person with autism. I am going to perform this play in a few days and I am mother one and Nicky the younger brother. My brother has autism and this play has really helped me try to understand his feelings.

Captivating play
I am only a 15 yr old school student studying this play and having to act it out for my Gcse, but I feel this play has A LOT to offer. Never before have I felt more interested in a performance. The fact that it is a true story just sticks in your head all the time when the main character 'Verity' has her various outbursts. At times it is very moving and emotional as you imagine how her family must have felt. I have had to study her character a lot as I am playing her in some evry important scenes, e.g. A firwork scene with her family where you can see her explosive behaviour. I would not have come and written a review about it if I really did not think this play was excellent. Keeps you hooked right until the end. Even then, you feel satisfied and have to read it again.

Touching, insightful and unique
Having performed part of this play for my A level performance a few years back I feel inclined to advise anyone with interests in theatre or anyone who is related to or knows anyone with a disorder like Verity's to read this play. It is not a case study (as shown through five differant Verity's) and can be related to a number of differant experiences. It is bold yet sensitive Olwyn Wymark didn't feel the need to sugarcoat any of the events (as this was based on a true story) and the result is provocative and touching. You haven't lived till you've read this play.