![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But with a representative from the swindling and river-polluting Buffaloni family hot on their heels, Jack and the Scarecrow's journey brings them into contact with a band of travelling players, the army and a bird conference. Set in wartime, it pairs the resourceful orphan Jack, who is in search of a good meal, with a lovable but none-too- bright scarecrow who is trying to get back to the place of his birth, Spring Valley. These may not totally conjure the Italian setting, but they do capture the sensible silliness of the story. That would have been a mistake - because, though Simon Reade's adaptation and production are painfully slow to find the right tone, an urgent storytelling style and the deft humour of Pullman's original, it eventually turns into a little charmer, one that comes complete with music and lyrics by Chris Larner. I f I hadn't been reviewing this adaptation of Philip Pullman's most recent novel, I might have baled out at the interval. ![]()
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