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On the eve of the second world war, two young Cambridge ornithologists arrive on a remote, uninhabited Scottish island. With them on the island are Kirk, the authoritarian leaseholder, and his niece Ellen, a young woman in love with the stars of silent comedy. Left alone on a scrap of land surrounde...

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Main Author: Greig, David (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Faber & Faber 2002
Series:FF plays
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Summary:On the eve of the second world war, two young Cambridge ornithologists arrive on a remote, uninhabited Scottish island. With them on the island are Kirk, the authoritarian leaseholder, and his niece Ellen, a young woman in love with the stars of silent comedy. Left alone on a scrap of land surrounded by the vast Atlantic, they observe each other. A glimpse of an innocence, a way of seeing and a way of being young that is about to be destroyed forever.
Item Description:"Premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in July 2002"--Cover, p. [4].
Physical Description:114 S. 20 cm
ISBN:0571217605
9780571217601

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