Ken Ludwig's Treasure Island by Ken Ludwig, Robert Louis Stev... - 9780573650987

Ken Ludwig's Treasure IslandAuthor(s): Ken Ludwig, Robert Louis Stevenson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Samuel French Inc, United States\nImprint: Samuel French, Inc\nISBN-13: 9780573650987, 978-0573650987\nSynopsis\nWinner! 2009 AATE Distinguished Play Award, Best Adaptation Based on the masterful adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island is a stunning yarn of piracy on the tropical seas. It begins at an inn on the Devon coast of England in 1775 and quickly becomes an unforgettable tale of treachery and mayhem featuring a host of legendary swashbucklers including the dangerous Billy Bones (played unforgettably in the movies by Lionel Barrymore), the sinister two-timing Israel Hands, the brassy woman pirate Anne Bonney, and the hideous form of evil incarnate, Blind Pew. At the center of it all are Jim Hawkins, a 14-year-old boy who longs for adventure, and the infamous Long John Silver, who is a complex study of good and evil, perhaps the most famous hero-villain of.