{"product_id":"9781848428133-the-wider-earth","title":"The Wider Earth","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerfully dramatic play about Charles Darwin's voyage on board HMS \u003cem\u003eBeagle\u003c\/em\u003e - an adventure that changed not only his own life, but also the history of the entire world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1831, Charles Darwin, a twenty-two-year-old aspiring naturalist, stepped on board HMS \u003cem\u003eBeagle\u003c\/em\u003e. Little did he realise that the voyage would last five years, changing not only his own life – but also the history of the entire world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wider Earth\u003c\/em\u003e brings this era-defining adventure to life, from traversing the dizzying heights of the Andes to diving into the depths of the Brazilian rainforest, through weathering the storms of Tierra del Fuego, to exploring the endless wonders of the Galápagos Islands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a coming-of-age story about science and faith – of how one inquisitive young man asked a question of Mother Nature, and was set on course to discover the answer to one of the greatest mysteries of life on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Morton's play received its widely acclaimed premiere at Queensland Theatre in Australia in 2016, before transferring to the Natural History Museum, London, in October 2018, presented by Trish Wadley Productions, Dead Puppet Society and Glass Half Full Productions, in a partnership project with the Natural History Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally performed in a dazzling state-of-the-art production with remarkable puppetry and cinematic animations, the powerful story at the heart of \u003cem\u003eThe Wider Earth\u003c\/em\u003e will inspire schools, colleges and amateur theatre companies to create simpler – but no less spectacular – stagings of their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes 4 pages of colour production photos from the 2018 Sydney Festival and Sydney Opera House production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451637444982,"sku":"9781848428133","price":8.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27898272.jpg?v=1760463223","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848428133-the-wider-earth","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}