Jamila Gavin

"Whenever children come into contact with Shakespeare, beyond the text book and into performance, it is a revelation for them. No longer is it some writer of the distant past placed on a pedestal by some elite, but a man whose ideas and perceptions are constantly relevant to everyone and anyone, at any age, from any background and any culture. This is why the SSF is so valuable and so exciting - and nothing is more exciting than seeing young people bringing fresh interpretations to plays which, of all that has ever been written in the English language, demonstrates the universality of the human condition."

Alexander the Great, Man, Myth or Monster written by Jamila and powerfully illustrated by David Parkins is being published by Walker Books this Autumn.

Jamila Gavin
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