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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged Thirteen and Three Quarters Play
The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play is an adaptation of the humorous diary of a young intellectual, suffering the traumas of love, parental divorce and spots.
- GenresPlaysYoung AdultHumor
112 pages, Textbook Binding
Published January 1, 1992
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Sue Townsend
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Susan Lillian "Sue" Townsend was a British novelist, best known as the author of the Adrian Mole series of books. Her writing tended to combine comedy with social commentary, though she has written purely dramatic works as well. She suffered from diabetes for many years, as a result of which she was registered blind in 2001, and had woven this theme into her work.
Susan Lillian "Sue" Townsend was a British novelist, best known as the author of the Adrian Mole series of books. Her writing tended to combine comedy with social commentary, though she has written purely dramatic works as well. She suffered from diabetes for many years, as a result of which she was registered blind in 2001, and had woven this theme into her work.
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August 13, 2025
This is not the book, but rather the play of the same name. I performed this at school back in...could it possibly have been 1999 or so? Outrageous. I took the role of Bert Baxter (plus I think the headmaster?), and being the consummate professional I am, never bothered to read the other scenes I wasn't involved in! So I still had only vague notions of what its really about. Plus a lot of the characters have become blurred with the schoolmates who played them, so it was well due a reread.
And...yeah, its fine. The humour is pretty dated. Adrian is largely what I expected, and his travails are all pretty lightedhearted northern woe is me. It's like Alan Bennett meets The Royle Family or something. I'm not quite sure why Adrian Mole became so well known in the UK zeitgeist. Or is he? Perhaps my perception of his popularity is skewed by the fact that I was in the play, and that my brother has a mole in his nether regions that my mum christened Adrian.
Anyway. I'm aware that there are regular later entries in this series tracing Adrian through the later years of his life, but I can't say I'll be rushing out to read them.
And...yeah, its fine. The humour is pretty dated. Adrian is largely what I expected, and his travails are all pretty lightedhearted northern woe is me. It's like Alan Bennett meets The Royle Family or something. I'm not quite sure why Adrian Mole became so well known in the UK zeitgeist. Or is he? Perhaps my perception of his popularity is skewed by the fact that I was in the play, and that my brother has a mole in his nether regions that my mum christened Adrian.
Anyway. I'm aware that there are regular later entries in this series tracing Adrian through the later years of his life, but I can't say I'll be rushing out to read them.
September 8, 2021
I BOUGHT THE PLAY AND NOT THE BOOK AND NOW IM DISAPPOINTED 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲
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