Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - (Oberon Modern Plays) by Jethro Compton (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A stage adaptation of the classic Western film, and the short story on which it was based.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Journey into the Wild West, 1890, in this classic story of good versus evil, of law versus the gun, of one man versus Liberty Valance. A tale of love, hope and revenge set against the vicious backdrop of a lawless society. <p/>When a young scholar from New York City travels west in search of a new life he arrives beaten and half-dead on the dusty streets of Twotrees. Rescued from the plains, the town soon becomes his home as he finds the love of a local girl. This love gives him purpose in a broken land, but is it enough to save him from the vicious outlaw who wants him dead? <p/>He must make the choice: to turn and run or to stand for what he believes, to live or to fight... to become the man who shot Liberty Valance.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A truly magnificent piece of theatre" --<i>British Theatre Guide</i> <p/>"Jethro Compton writes and directs this string of well-loved tropes which stays just on the safe side of pastiche, and makes a compelling cowboy tale set out on the edge of civilisation, where the gun is law, the whiskey is copious but dreadful, and all's fair in a fair fight" --<i>Exeunt Magazine</i> <p/>"A genuinely gripping drama and one I warmly recommend" --<i>Charles Spencer, Telegraph</i> <p/>"Compton brings out the humour in his script as well as building up its melodramatic moments to create a lively entertainment that is engagingly presented" --<i>British Theatre Guide</i> <p/>"Compton's adaptation - treads the right side of the line between loving homage and cliche." --<i>Younger Theatre</i> <p/>"Jethro Compton's production never tries to emulate the film but boldly treads its own path by using the original tale as a launch pad for a highly atmospheric, visceral and triumphant adaptation that audaciously takes an unfashionable genre and makes it resonate loud and clear." --<i>Stage</i> <p/>"Compton's script contains much natural humour, but never veers towards comedy and he shows good judgement in ensuring that sequences which could have been risible occur offstage or in darkness." --<i>Public Reviews</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Jethro Compton is Producer and Co-Artistic Director of Belt Up Theatre, with whom he has produced dozens of projects over the past five years including adaptations of <i>Tartuffe</i>, Kafka's <i>The Trial</i> & <i>Metamorphosis</i>, <i>Antigone</i> and his own play, <i>Quasimodo</i>, which he also directed. His production company, Jethro Compton Ltd, has produced numerous shows across the UK including, with SJC Productions, Belt Up Theatre's <i>Macbeth</i> in the House of Detention in London in 2011 and 2012. Other independent productions include <i>The Boy James</i> in London in January, and its transfer, alongside <i>Outland</i>, to the Adelaide Fringe Festival with Theatre Tours International. In 2012 he produced and adapted a production of Victor Hugo's <i>Hunchback of Notre Dame</i> in Selby Abbey with funding from Arts Council England.
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