![]() Her wish comes true, but when she lands a role in an American comedy, she also blunders into a kidnap attempt on Larry, a fellow member of the cast. In desperation, Josie cuts off her hair hoping to get a boy’s part. An East Ender, she has recently won a place at a snobby stage school where, aside from feeling socially ill at ease, she is irritated by the highly mannered acting techniques and the insistence that she learn to speak with a clipped English accent: “I’m so terribli sorri … but I have to break the most ghastli news to you”. Twelve-year old Josie is in love with the theatre. ![]() ![]() The novel is part theatre story, part adventure and part homage to Joan Littlewood, the trailblazing maverick director and founder of the Theatre Workshop. In her latest offering, Impossible!, Magorian explores, with enormous relish, theatrical London in the 1960s. Just Henry was set in the aftermath of the second world war and received the 2008 Costa children’s book award. Her debut children’s novel, Goodnight Mister Tom, which won the Guardian children’s fiction prize in 1982, told the affecting story of a wartime evacuee and the relationship he forges with a widower. T he mid-20th century has been a consistent source of inspiration for historical fiction writer and actor Michelle Magorian. ![]()
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