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The adrian mole book series by sue townsend includes books the secret diary of adrian mole, aged 34, the growing pains of adrian mole, true confessions of adrian mole, and several more. Meanwhile adrian mole, a spotty kid from leicester, has a new diary. By this time adrian has a few marriages behind him and a few children as well. Sue townsend describes how adrian mole and his diary emerged from an old cardboard box sue townsend. Her most famous creation, the neurotic diarist adrian mole, arrived in 1985 in the secret diary of adrian mole. It began in 1985, and starred gian sammarco as the title character adrian mole, stephen moore as adrian s father george mole and julie walters as adrian s mother pauline mole. The secret diary of adrian mole tv series wikipedia. It exudes with humor and readers are really amused. Titles in the set the secret diary of adrian mole aged. The secret diary of adrian mole is a realistic novel because it is written in the form of a diary. Sue townsend, the secret diary of adrian mole, aged 34. Sue townsend was born in leicester on april 2, 1946. The secret diary of adrian mole aged 34 the musical everyones favourite teenager adrian mole arrives at the chocolate factory this summer in this brand new. The secret diary of adrian mole, aged 34 quotes by sue.
A whistling woman 2002, set at the end of the 1960s, an experimental writer and tv personality. Set contemporaneously, as all the diaries are, it fills in two of the gap years between adrian mole. She left school at fifteen and started writing immediately, alternatley working for the next two decades, in a factory, a shop and a garage. The theme of this confessional novel are problems encountered by the young man in puberty, and his transition from childhood to adulthood.
The cappuccino years and adrian mole and the weapons of mass destruction. This first aired on tv around 1985, and the pilot is set in 1981. In 2018 we set up a theatrical division aimed at producing new work, and we are very proud to be coproducing the secret diary of adrian mole at the ambassadors theatre, along with. Somewhat pretentious, occasionally insensitive and just a little dim, he has somehow managed to convince himself that he is an intellectual. Starting with a doublelength pilot and featuring the best cast of all three series we are quickly introduced to the main protagonists in adrian, his classmate and crush pandora, best friend nigel, mum pauline, dad george and cantankerous oldtimer bert. Sue townsends the secret diary of adrian mole the musical. Adrian is an only child and is only a few months short of his fourteenth birthday. The secret diary of adrian mole the growing pains of adrian mole adrian mole. Buy tickets for the secret diary of adrian mole in london. I followed adrian mole s teenage years in the first two books in the adrian mole series, but then sort of drifted away. The book is written in a diary style, and focuses on the worries and regrets of a teenager who believes himself to be an intellectual. The secret diary of adrian mole tickets london from. The series begins when mole is a thirteenyearold delinquent and ends when he finds out he will be a grandfather at the age of forty. Cast revealed for adrian mole musicals west end transfer.
We follow adrian s quest to win the heart of new girl pandora box, and the collapse of his parents marriage, with mole himself narrating through his regular diary entries. This first aired on tv around 1985, and the pilot is set. The secret diary of adrian mole aged 34 is set in the 1980s both the book and adapted musical are so hilariously timeless that you may not have initially realised that it is actually set. The secret diary of adrian mole is a british series of books written by sue townsend which focus on the life of adrian mole, one of lifes losers, and his exploits and opinions of both the worlds and social situations in the county of leicestershire. The secret diary of adrian mole, aged 34 by sue townsend.
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