Isobel by Christopher Plumridge
3 Dec. 2023
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This has the aura of a fable, of a time not present day. That is achieved wonderfully by the playwright's words, the careful construction of the speaker's observations and emotonal and intellectual state. Parents of children and young adults like the speaker Olly could relate. Our world, our schools and communities, hasn't figured out how the best way to protect and nuture people like Olly, and as a result sometimes devastating things happen because we fail to understand and care, instead dehumanize. ”