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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have literally been waiting to read this book for forty years!
I first read Pamela Brown's first book, The Swish of the Curtain, when I was about 11 years old, and have re-read it periodically over the years. I knew that she had written other books, and at last I have been able to read two of them, this one and Maddy Alone.
Both books are very much for fans of The Swish of the Curtain, and would make very little sense unless you had read that first. The six young people are still irredeemable snobs, and are still seventeen going on forty, but it was a tremendously enjoyable read.
I'm now hoping that the publishers will bring out the two remaining books in the series very soon.
I first read Pamela Brown's first book, The Swish of the Curtain, when I was about 11 years old, and have re-read it periodically over the years. I knew that she had written other books, and at last I have been able to read two of them, this one and Maddy Alone.
Both books are very much for fans of The Swish of the Curtain, and would make very little sense unless you had read that first. The six young people are still irredeemable snobs, and are still seventeen going on forty, but it was a tremendously enjoyable read.
I'm now hoping that the publishers will bring out the two remaining books in the series very soon.
15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the second of five in the Blue Doors series that Pamela Brown wrote. Drawing on her own theatre experience, she moves the story of the Blue Doors theatre troop (seven boys and girls from the fictional Felchester) to London, where they start their training at a stage school which bears more than a passing resemblance to RADA.
This is an era where stage was still the preferred acting path (television and screen acting are sneered at), girls thought nothing of midnigth lone treks across London and every actor had to serve a stint in rep. It's nostalgic fun but doesn't stand up as well as comparable show biz childrens books of their time such as Noel Streatfield's classics.
Format:Paperback
I didn't know this series existed until last year, and am thoroughly enjoying working my way through it. My small daughter can read the books in a few years' time, as she loves performing arts too.
This is the "coming of age" story of the series, as the characters, now in their late teens, leave Fenchester to live in London and train at drama school as part of their grand plan to open their own theatre company. However one is cast in a tempting role in a major West End play....
Having been to drama school twice, I was extremely amused at how different it was in the 1940s.
Please publish the rest of the series!
This is the "coming of age" story of the series, as the characters, now in their late teens, leave Fenchester to live in London and train at drama school as part of their grand plan to open their own theatre company. However one is cast in a tempting role in a major West End play....
Having been to drama school twice, I was extremely amused at how different it was in the 1940s.
Please publish the rest of the series!
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It is nice to meet old friends again! It is great that some of these older books are being reprinted now. Read more
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Order arrived on time and in good order - good book, not as good as the original The Swish of the Curtain
Published 10 months ago by Mrs. H. Nugara
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