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LESLEY COOKMAN has been writing, directing and performing in pantomime for many years. Formerly a freelance journalist, she was for a time editor of The Call Boy, the magazine of the British Music Hall Society, and her pantomimes have been performed not only across the British Isles, but in Australia and America. She now writes the Libby Sarjeant mystery series (Accent Press), in which she uses her background in amateur theatre.
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LESLEY COOKMAN has been writing, directing and performing in pantomime for many years. Formerly a freelance journalist, she was for a time editor of The Call Boy, the magazine of the British Music Hall Society, and her pantomimes have been performed not only across the British Isles, but in Australia and America. She now writes the Libby Sarjeant mystery series (Accent Press), in which she uses her background in amateur theatre.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I can't bring myself to enthuse about this book. She clearly knows her stuff, but I think this book is more like a personal diary of hers than a reference work for aspiring panto writers. There is very little in this book that you can't find gratis elsewhere on the web imho.
I feel that I can only reasonably recommend the book to those who don't want to research the subject for free on the web and prefer to have the information all in one place.
It's okay - but nothing more.
I feel that I can only reasonably recommend the book to those who don't want to research the subject for free on the web and prefer to have the information all in one place.
It's okay - but nothing more.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As someone who has written many pantos, I thought it would be interesting to see what the author had to say. Well to be honest the sparse number of pages were a great disappointment, a mixture of the bleeding obvious and quite a lot of nonsense.
Example: the "easiest" to write are the best known such as Cinderella and Aladdin. WRONG. Because they're so well known, as an author you have a lot less room for manouver and, therefore, unless you want to copy other people's work it's a lot harder than trying rarer subjects, such as Puss In Boots or Treasure Island.
So overall I'd say don't waste your money on this book.
Example: the "easiest" to write are the best known such as Cinderella and Aladdin. WRONG. Because they're so well known, as an author you have a lot less room for manouver and, therefore, unless you want to copy other people's work it's a lot harder than trying rarer subjects, such as Puss In Boots or Treasure Island.
So overall I'd say don't waste your money on this book.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am a novice at this, and this book does as it says on the tin and gives ideas and suggestions on how to go about writing a panto.
Worth a read.
Worth a read.
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