The Magic Toyshop
“The summer she was fifteen, Melanie discovered she was made of flesh and blood. At midnight, Melanie climbs the apple tree in her garden, wearing her mother’s wedding dress. The next morning her parents are dead and her life changed forever.
”Wrenched from the comfort of childhood into an adult world, Melanie is forced to confront the seductive menace of The Magic Toyshop.
“This winter, Flipping the Bird brings Angela Carter’s dark and disturbing novel to the Playhouse in an original adaptation.”
(Taken from the publicity leaflet)
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An adaptation of Angela Carter’s novel.
“The summer she was fifteen, Melanie discovered she was made of flesh and blood. At midnight, Melanie climbs the apple tree in her garden, wearing her mother’s wedding dress. The next morning her parents are dead and her life changed forever.
”Wrenched from the comfort of childhood into an adult world, Melanie is forced to confront the seductive menace of The Magic Toyshop."
(Taken from the 2010 Oxford Playhouse publicity leaflet)
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