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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Book2|year=[[1982]]|usimage=[[Image:Wordplaysfront.jpg|250px|Wordplays 1]]|usimagecap=''Wordplays 1'' front cover|ukimage=[[Image:Wordplaysback.jpg|250px|Wordplays 1]]|ukimagecap=''Wordplays 1'' back cover|ill=|pg=132|isbn=0091492211|chron=|pub=|name=''Wordplays 1''|publisher=Hutchinson|author=*Alan Durband<br />
*[[Brian Jacques]]<br />
*Dave Sheasby<br />
*Mandy Alexander<br />
*Anne Pickles<br />
*Willy Russell<br />
*Tim Shields}}<br />
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'''''Wordplays 1''''' was the first in a series of one-act play collections commissioned and edited by Alan Durband. It was published by Hutchinson in the UK in [[1982]].<br />
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The intended audience for the plays is younger, around age 11.<br />
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The plays include:<br />
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*''We Shall Never Die'' by [[Wikipedia:Dave Sheasby|Dave Sheasby]]<br />
*''The Tree Machine'' by Mandy Alexander<br />
*''The Awful Billy Smiff'' by [[Brian Jacques]]<br />
*''Darren's Conker'' by Anne Pickles<br />
*''Politics and Terror'' by [[Wikipedia:Willy Russell|Willy Russell]]<br />
*''All Friends Together'' by Tim Shields<br />
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===The Awful Billy Smiff===<br />
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'''''The Awful Billy Smiff''''' takes place in a school, where Billy Smiff, an unruly and rude ten-year-old student, torments the new teacher, Miss Crampton.<br />
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The play takes place in two settings; the first of which is a teacher's lounge where the character of Miss Crampton learns that she is the recipient of the class which includes Billy Smiff.<br />
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The second setting is the classroom itself, where Miss Crampton vows to not tolerate Billy's antics. During the teaching session, Billy continually makes outbursts and smart aleck comments, and Miss Crampton attempts to discipline him and continue teaching the interested students a lesson on morals.<br />
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Eventually, however, Miss Crampton is forced to allow Billy to participate in the lesson, which culminates in her learning a lesson of her own at the end of it all.<br />
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The character of Miss Crampton shares her name with Brian Jacques' [[Liz Crampton|business partner]].<br />
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====Characters====<br />
*Billy Smiff<br />
*Liz Crampton<br />
*Mrs. Carmody<br />
*Mr. Howard<br />
*Mr. Cunningham<br />
*Rachel<br />
*Jennifer Greenwood<br />
*Susan<br />
*Miriam<br />
*George<br />
*Peter<br />
*Ian Jones<br />
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===Feature===<br />
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This item was featured in the [[User_blog:LordTBT/News:Redwall_Collectors_Community:_Wordplays_1|Redwall Collectors Community series]].<br />
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