Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A landmark work of Australian theatre returns to the stage where it first sprang to inglorious life.Steve J. Spears's The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin scandalised and mesmerised in equal measure when it premiered in 1976touring across the world and collecting awards everywhere it ventured.Robert O'Brien is an elocution teacher whose career is going nowhere fast. Stuck in a dreary cycle of diaphragm exercises and She-Sells-Seashells, every evening he escapes into extravagant fantasies of seducing Mick Jagger. Then, a new student arrives. Benjamin Franklin. A 12-year-old acting prodigy with a stutter, a pack-a-day smoking habit and some unsettling curiosities about his middle-aged voice teacher. With half of Double Bay already suspicious of their flamboyant neighbour, a ticking time bomb is lit.The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin is a riotous, razor-edged tragicomedy and harrowing portrait of persecution. Half a century on, it's just as urgentand unsettlingas ever. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781761732522
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Vendeur : AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australie
Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A landmark work of Australian theatre returns to the stage where it first sprang to inglorious life.Steve J. Spears's The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin scandalised and mesmerised in equal measure when it premiered in 1976touring across the world and collecting awards everywhere it ventured.Robert O'Brien is an elocution teacher whose career is going nowhere fast. Stuck in a dreary cycle of diaphragm exercises and She-Sells-Seashells, every evening he escapes into extravagant fantasies of seducing Mick Jagger. Then, a new student arrives. Benjamin Franklin. A 12-year-old acting prodigy with a stutter, a pack-a-day smoking habit and some unsettling curiosities about his middle-aged voice teacher. With half of Double Bay already suspicious of their flamboyant neighbour, a ticking time bomb is lit.The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin is a riotous, razor-edged tragicomedy and harrowing portrait of persecution. Half a century on, it's just as urgentand unsettlingas ever. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781761732522
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Vendeur : CitiRetail, Stevenage, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A landmark work of Australian theatre returns to the stage where it first sprang to inglorious life.Steve J. Spears's The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin scandalised and mesmerised in equal measure when it premiered in 1976touring across the world and collecting awards everywhere it ventured.Robert O'Brien is an elocution teacher whose career is going nowhere fast. Stuck in a dreary cycle of diaphragm exercises and She-Sells-Seashells, every evening he escapes into extravagant fantasies of seducing Mick Jagger. Then, a new student arrives. Benjamin Franklin. A 12-year-old acting prodigy with a stutter, a pack-a-day smoking habit and some unsettling curiosities about his middle-aged voice teacher. With half of Double Bay already suspicious of their flamboyant neighbour, a ticking time bomb is lit.The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin is a riotous, razor-edged tragicomedy and harrowing portrait of persecution. Half a century on, it's just as urgentand unsettlingas ever. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781761732522
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