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human imagination. Along with serpents, their imagery you have chosen elephants or camels or something? rLrtutttry. i'rr:;t frirlqtrt'i at ttrr: 1 ‘,rr.
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that goes back into myth and fairytale for about as long and camels don’t have that same elemental place in the for rtx Httprmmx"; .rauals, arrrl rw at
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the National Theatre of Scotland, should make her is that, aside from anything else, they're one of the rStmr; (ilrarrrerr
directorial debut there with something that can strike most flexible metaphors available to a writer. Angela
such a resonance in children and adults alike. For the Carter can use them to do one thing, and I can use
work in which she has shown a particular interest in them for something completely different.‘
the past has often been about reaching psychological They’re meant to be frightening in the book, he
depths; fascinations, fears and desires that we have, asserts, but he finds Crouch’s wolves quite different.
but can barely comprehend in our conscious life. Here, ‘They’re yob wolves, they’re rubbish wolves as far as
she combines with Julian Crouch, the designer being scary goes, but they’re rather wonderful, too. But
responsible for the astonishing Shockheaded Peter, in as far as Vicky and Julian are concerned, the wolves
creating a theatrical version of Neil Gaiman‘s acclaimed are definitely created by the little girl, which isn’t the
childrens' book, illustrated to mighty effect by Dave case in the book, but it seems to work well. It works
McKean, The Wolves in the Walls. This is the tale of a and it’s a really valid interpretation.‘ Besides, whatever
little girl who warns of the eponymous structural you think a wolf represents, it’ll mean something on the
deficiency in her family home. In it, the adults are more night; it’s part of your deep psyche. Trust me, I’m not
inclined to believe the surveyors, as you might. Then hairy on the inside. (Steve Cramer)
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