Sparkleshark

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A magical play that also raises several serious moral points - Rated
Philip Ridley's Sparkleshark is, as most of his books, almost a work of art. It combines magic and comedy with tragedy and debate. The magic of the dragon that sparkles like sequins is perhaps a metaphor that could be interpreted at a deeper level. The author, as well as entertaining the audience/reader, also, through the book, conveys several serious moral points about bullying, and different levels at a school - the geeks, the bullys, the cooldudes an the 'wannabes'. It is a brilliant script written by an equally fantastic authour.