Rat's Tales

Synopsis

<i>Rats' Tales</i> brings together a hugely entertaining, dark and magical cycle of folk tales from around the world.

The volume contains two texts for each story: Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy's wonderful prose and Melly Still's lively dramatization.

<i>Rats' Tales</i> celebrates the power of storytelling and will be published to coincide with the premiere at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, in November 2012.

On <i>Beasts and Beauties</i>, on which Carol Ann Duffy and Melly Still also collaborated:

'The first night audience did not exit from the theatre, they hover-crafted out of it on a balloon of bliss.' <i>Independent</i>