Race to Be Seen - Graham, the World's Fastest Blind Runner

Written in the same documentary style as Too Much Punch For Judy, Mark's first version of Race to be Seen, his play about Graham Salmon MBE, was awarded Critics' Choice at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (1984).

About the author

Mark Wheeller began writing whilst a student at Marlwood Comprehensive School, Bristol.

After teaching drama for thirty-six years he retired in July 2015 to concentrate on writing and delivering Drama/Theatre workshops to students and teachers across the world.

Mark is one of the most-performed playwrights in Britain. Too Much Punch For Judy has been performed over 6,000 times and Chicken nearly 6,000. Missing Dan Nolan and Hard to Swallow are both set texts for the GSCE Drama 9-1 exams. His work has been a staple part of the Drama curriculum both in the UK and abroad for the past three decades.

Professional productions of Hard to Swallow, I Love You Mum, I Promise I Won't Die and Chicken regularly tour schools and many of Mark's works are available on DVD, with digital formats forthcoming in late 2020. 

His study guides include Drama Schemes, The Story Behind Too Much Punch For Judy, Drama Club & Hard to Swallow - Easy to Digest.

He has three children and lives just outside the New Forest, with his wife Rachael, and Labrador, Dusty.

Summary

Written in the same documentary style as Too Much Punch For Judy, Mark’s first version of Race to be Seen, his play about Graham Salmon MBE, was awarded Critics' Choice at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (1984).

Product details

• Authors: Mark Wheeller
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2021
• EAN: 9781913630867
• ISBN: 978-1-913630-86-7
• No. of pages: 64
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics & Paralympics, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities, Relating to people with visual disabilities or impairments, Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards), Olympic and Paralympic games, Verbatim