Wood Plays: 1

By Kristen a Tschida

"As playwright, composer and director, Mr Wood has given children a self respecting art form" (The Times)

The Gingerbread Man - 'The perfect children's play, with lots of superbly silly jokes and foot-tapping songs ... a magnificent epic of comic disarray' (Time Out); The See-Saw Tree - 'We are made to feel at once that the theatre is something immediate and involving' (Times); The Ideal Gnome Expedition - 'David Wood has surely scored again ... yet another gently entertaining excursion into a fantasy world where eminently sensible values prevail' (Daily Telegraph); Mother Goose's Golden Christmas - 'I cannot recommend this pantomime highly enough ... an enchanting blend of mirth and music that captivates the hearts of mums, dads and kids' (Romford Observer)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0413737004
• ISBN13: 9780413737007
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding funny, interesting and accurate book

This book is a delight from beginning to end. Wisecracking Rosie is dead-on for a New York gal of that time. It is different, fun and most enjoyable. As I may be one of the few still alive who was a teenager in New York at that time, I naturally look for anachronisms, which are usually plentiful in "historical" novels. I am absolutely astonished that Ms Haines has got that period, the way people talk, the expressions used,...

Reviewed by Sabrina Williams

It is incredibly satisfying to discover new authors with a flair for fiction that typically denotes decades of publishing under the belt. In one such exceptional debut novel, The War Against Miss Winter, actor and playwright Kathryn Miller Haines introduces readers to Rosie Winter, aspiring actress, part-time file clerk, and amateur sleuth. Rosie takes on a job keeping books for a private detective to make ends meet in between...

The War Against Miss Winter

The War Against Miss Winter is a fun historical mystery. It has a great plot with a surprise ending and Mrs. Haines has great characters. Rosie the hero is a wonderful character who has a biting sense of humor! You can't help but love this book and hope Mrs. Haines writes many more mysteries! Steve Rapaport

More than just a mystery.

I agree with everyone else here. Haines' characters are vivid, verbal, witty and the wartime milieu is wonderfully realized. But in addition to being a crackerjack mystery, MISS WINTER has a lot more going for it. Haines not only explores the daily life of her characters during the 1940s but also has a lot to say about the role of art during times of war. Heady stuff, to be sure, but it's all there and never gets in the way...