The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend

The musical was announced to make its world première at the Curve in Leicester (the title character and author Sue Townsend's hometown) from 7 March to 4 April 2015, with an official opening on 17 March. The musical made its world première at the Curve in Leicester in March 2015, followed by a London production at the Menier Chocolate Factory in summer 2017 and a West End run at the Ambassadors Theatre from June to September 2019. It features book and lyrics by Jake Brunger and music and lyrics by Pippa Cleary. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ is a stage musical based on the young-adult novel of the same name by Sue Townsend. 'One of Britain's most celebrated comic writers' GUARDIAN 42.The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ 9780241615300 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 42.0000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/fiction /shop/books/fiction/contemporary THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION FEATURING A BRAND-NEW INTRODUCTION FROM CAITLIN MORAN 'One of Britain's most celebrated comic writers' GUARDIAN 'Townsend has held a mirror up to the nation and made us happy to laugh at what we see' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Reading The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole when I was 14 felt quite like an awakening' GREG DAVIES, Sunday Times I had more pure reading pleasure than from any other book I read this year' John Self, The Times Impeccable comic timing, evergreen comic writing. 'The UK's bestselling fiction book of the eighties and one of the great comic creations of the past half-century. Meet Adrian Mole, a hapless teenager providing an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into adolescent life as he writes candidly about the dog, his parents' marital troubles and life as a tortured poet and 'misunderstood intellectual.'įorty years after it first appeared, Sue Townsend's comic masterpiece continues to be rediscovered by new generations of readers. Next year I could be in a children's home. There is a chance my parents could be alcoholics. It's my mother's fault for singing 'My Way' at two o'clock in the morning at the top of the stairs.

THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION FEATURING A BRAND-NEW INTRODUCTION FROM CAITLIN MORAN

**In 2022 Sue Townsend was awarded the Legacy Achievement Award by the Comedy Women in Print prize**įri. Mole is an excellent guide for all of us' OBSERVER 'One of literature's most endearing figures. 'Every child in the country should receive a copy on their thirteenth birthday' CAITLIN MORAN The best diaries ever written' ADAM KAY, GUARDIAN

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend