![]() Thrillingly, just as I’d finished reading The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, Bryson’s joyful account of his Iowa childhood, the man himself agreed to meet with our team to discuss the adaptation. ![]() Though I was intent on emulating the original book, it seemed equally important to convey the essence of a national treasure – his charm, wit and occasional rants. Immersing myself in all things Bryson, I reread Notes and its equally engaging 2015 sequel, The Road to Little Dribbling, and gorged on podcasts and interviews to reacquaint myself with the author’s characteristic tone. Once the storm surge of impostor syndrome had abated, I began to appreciate the exigencies of the job-in-hand: to transform a bestselling 379-page travelogue examining Britain’s “public face and private parts” into a two-act play. ![]() (Boy, was I.) A few coffees and a curry later, Simon had commissioned me to adapt one of his – and many other people’s – favourite books as a theatre piece. I n 2018, I received an email from the producer Simon Friend, inquiring if I was familiar with Bill Bryson’s Notes from a Small Island. ![]()
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