{"product_id":"death-of-a-nightingale-with-alan-share-9781490988481","title":"Death of a Nightingale with ispy edited by Jan Woolf","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA Play in a Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor theatre lovers, \u003c\/b\u003ea real life drama, and a drama from real life. Tracy, a pupil with cystic fibrosis, tells the story of her school as it faces the bulldozer. Why does Margaret Williamson, its head teacher, attempt to take her own life? Can her love with John Errington, the English teacher, survive? Act 2 Scene 5\u003ci\u003e The Gift of Love.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor parents of children with special needs, \u003c\/b\u003e helping to end the stigma attaching to special schools put about by those who thought that what was right for them was right for all - sadly, with unfortunate consequences, a not uncommon error of judgment in education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFor music lovers, \u003c\/b\u003e a music lesson. How important is music in education, especially for children with special needs? And it has something to say in the age-old debate between people of faith and the people like Richard Dawkins. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor students of politics, \u003c\/b\u003e a case study in political folly, systemic dysfunction and ineptitude in closing over 100 special schools in the UK, and the corrosive effect of power on the human psyche - reasons why Governments of the Left and Right always seem to end in tears, and food for serious thought; as the Prologue closes: \u003ci\u003e \"See the whole as one picture - but see it as a fragment of a very large canvas.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor lawyers, academia and educationalists, \u003c\/b\u003e an abattoir for a herd of sacred cows and a challenge they should not ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor bureaucrats, \u003c\/b\u003e a cautionary tale with some lessons they may want to learn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the media, \u003c\/b\u003e a journey of exploration and discovery. If you have the appetite for it, the \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e Website is just Tapas compared with the Seven Course Table d'h te meal that is this 262 page book, with \u003ci\u003eAlice in Blunderland - The Mad Hattter's Committee Meeting\u003c\/i\u003e for your entertainment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt tells a human story with a challenging interplay of fact, fiction, satire and commentary. It brings to life dry-as-dust issues important in education and, maybe, even more important beyond it. Which is the wiser mantra in education - Equality or Equity? How far does declaring a \"Right\" provide the protection of \"a Right\"? Is this generation properly mindful of the legacy it is bequeathing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eReviews of the play at the New End Theatre, London 2009 \u0026amp; 2011\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBBC LONDON\u003c\/b\u003e http: \/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4_kcMtZU6Iw\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Compelling, controversial and confrontational\" \u003c\/i\u003e Len Parkin The Teacher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A searing tale of a fight to save SEN school which drove head teacher to brink of suicide\" \u003c\/i\u003eKerra Maddern, Times Educational Supplement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA wonderful night, very moving - I learned about another world, which can be as cruel \u0026amp; cynical \u0026amp; as warm-hearted \u0026amp; surprising as my own. Don't miss it, esp. if you're a human being. \u003c\/i\u003eMiriam Margolyes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA refreshingly uncompromising and meaty piece ... I loved the emphasis on music and its power to heal and educate.\u003c\/i\u003eSusan Elkin, The Stage (2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd representing those of an opposite disposition - and the best evidence that the play hit the target\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlan Share's badly written, didactic play - full of platitudes such as \"Everyone can achieve something in life with a helping hand\" - is more preachy than pertinent. It is a kind of anti-theatre, virtually untouched by any attempt at direction.\u003c\/i\u003ePublic Service \u0026amp; Commercial Union Editor and activist, Jonathan Lovett, The Stage (2011).\u003cb\u003e Brian Attwood, Editor, The Stage, \u003c\/b\u003e describes his own reviewer on seeing some of his Tweets as\u003ci\u003e \"Yep, he's worse than Pol Pot.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e LET TRACY HAVE THE LAST WORD HERE: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e Remember the little white dandelion heads blowing away in the wind.... Y'see I'm not just going to blow away in the wind. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Share\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1490988483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781490988481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Alan Share","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43936196329727,"sku":"9781490988481","price":13.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1b80a0e4-31da-4cf7-be74-8b3ad37bd09e.jpg?v=1681424147","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-of-a-nightingale-with-alan-share-9781490988481","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}