Book description
There are thousands of pantomimes staged throughout the world every
year, most of them in Britain. Most groups, whether they be amateur
drama societies, schools, Women's Institutes or Village Hall
committees are constantly on the lookout for something fresh and
original. This is often a matter of economics, as professional
pantomimes can be costly in terms of performing rights, let alone the
cost of scripts. This book is aimed at those people who take part in
this increasingly popular hobby, and at the writer who wishes to write
a pantomime, either for a local group, or, indeed, for mass publication.
Lesley Cookman started writing almost as soon as she could read,
and filled many exercise books with pony stories until she was old
enough to go out with boys. After following a varied career as a
model, air stewardess and disc jockey, she turned to writing short
fiction and features for a variety of magazines, before graduating
from the University of Wales with an MA in Creative Writing. She has
taught writing for both Kent Adult Education and the WEA and edited
the first Sexy Shorts collection of short stories from Accent Press in
aid of the Breast Cancer Campaign. She lives on the Kent coast and has
four grown up children and a passion for community theatre. She has
written 10 titles in the Libby Sarjeant Murder Mysteries series and
has also published How To Write A Pantomime.
