Product Description

A PLAY FOR FAMILY AUDIENCES: Father is away and mother brings Roger, John, Susan and Titty to stay at Pin Mill where they can spend the summer messing about in boats. Their adventure begins when they go out with Jim on his boat Goblin. But disaster strikes when the boat is becalmed and Jim goes ashore to fetch petrol. Fog descends over the Harwich estuary and, as the tide turns, the boat begins to drift away ... ~ Suitable for young performers

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #834390 in Books
• Published on: 2010-01-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .40" h x 5.00" w x 7.70" l, .25 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Review
As refreshing as a glass of homemade lemonade on a sultry summer's evening, We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea is a delightful adaptation of Arthur Ransome's Suffolk-inspired children's sailing adventure. Pleasingly, it is true to its gentler time and the old-fashioned mores are delivered in all innocence and without irony - making them all the funnier. --East Anglian Daily Times

There is a nice sense of period about these kids coping on their own under extraordinary, but quite believable, circumstances - lisle pullovers and plimsolls at the ready - but the human anguish between them is universal and timeless, although there are lots of laughs on the way, too. Highly recommended. --The Stage

About the Author
Ransome is best-known for his 'Swallows and Amazons' series of books about a family holidaying in the Norfolk Broads and enjoying sailing, camping and fishing. His books have since been translated into many languages. He won the first Carnegie Medal for Literature in 1936 for Pigeon Post, whilst also working as a journalist on The Manchester Guardian. His interest in Russia and sympathy for the Bolsheviks brought him to the attention of MI6 and led to him compiling a book of Russian folklore: Old Peter's Russian Tales. We Didn t Mean To go to Sea was based on Ransome's voyage across the North Sea to Flushing. He based the fictional Goblin on his own boat Nancy Blackett. Nick Wood is an established playwright with many credits.