The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

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Ms Fossington-Gore (Mary Maddox) is Adrian, Pandora and Nigel's opinionated but supportive form tutor. A stage adaptation was written by Sue Townsend in 1984 of the first book – The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾: The Play with music and lyrics by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley. It starred Simon Schatzberger as Adrian Mole and Sheila Steafel as Pauline Mole. It was first performed at Phoenix Arts, Leicester and went to Wyndham's Theatre, London in December 1984. In the meantime the priest gave a statement about the war and Adrian didn’t like it so he told his grandma he won’t be going to church no more.

PDF / EPUB File Name: The_Growing_Pains_of_Adrian_Mole_-_Sue_Townsend.pdf, The_Growing_Pains_of_Adrian_Mole_-_Sue_Townsend.epub A successful stage production ran at the Wyndham's Theatre, London, in 1984-1986, that included Simon Gipps-Kent and followed with a road tour. [6] Apart from the humorous events described in the diary, a lot of the book's humour originates from the unreliable narration of Mole, who naïvely, yet confidently, misinterprets events around him. The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole is the second book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series.You probably already know if this is something that works for you. I think it's very amusing and completely delightful. It's Christmas Day in the Mole house, and Adrian annoys his parents by inviting Bert and Queenie over for the day. He receives a racing bike as a present. Having been made redundant, Adrian's father George gets a job with Manpower Services as a canal bank supervisor. Adrian breaks Pandora's heart by having a brief liaison with a classmate, Barbara Boyer. My father announced at breakfast that he is going to have a vasectomy. I pushed my sausages away untouched. Leonard "Len" and Doreen "Dore" Legg are the proprietors of the Lendore Spa Hotel. The couple are miserable, penny-pinching people and are reluctant to give decent bar facilities to George and Pauline Mole and Sharon Bott. The couple charge a ridiculous price for the minibars in their bedrooms. They do not provide bar food after 10:30pm, and do not cook a decent breakfast. Adrian’s mother was pregnant and he wasn’t really happy about it. He received a letter from his American friend he met in Scotland and he told him that he was coming to visit. Adrian wasn’t thrilled when he was around because he went out with Pandora. His mother Pauline Mole wanted to move out because she didn’t think there will be enough room for the baby and also there was a suspicion that his father got another woman pregnant.

Leslie is Carlton-Hayes's partner. His gender remains unspecified until The Prostrate Years, when Adrian, Hitesh and Bernard Hopkins visit him at home. Leslie worries deeply for his partner's welfare. He sometimes covers for other staff members when they are ill. So I leave those '80s lovers with an image from one of the best high school movies ever - The Breakfast Club. The Mole family's neighbour Mr. Lucas is left by his wife, Mrs. Lucas. He and Adrian's mother Pauline have been having an affair, and they both leave to go to Sheffield, leaving Adrian and George, his father, on their own. Adrian meets old age pensioner Bert Baxter as part of the 'Good Samaritan' project at his school. Bert's filthy house and habits disgust Adrian, but they become friends. School bully Barry Kent begins 'demanding money with menaces' from Adrian, until Adrian's grandmother puts a stop to it by confronting the bully. Adrian takes a trip to Sheffield to see his mother and her lover, Mr. Lucas. In a 2013 interview, Townsend discussed her plans to wrap up the series in two further volumes, but also the fact that her continually declining health might make this plan impossible. [5] A theatrical adaptation has been performed in many parts of the world, e.g. by the Roo Theatre in AustraliaThis section possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( December 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Written with great verve, and showing an uncanny understanding of the young, Sue Townsend holds the balance between innocence and precocity and the result is both hilarious and salutary' Daily Telegraph Roberto is the head chef at Savage's when Adrian joins. By The Cappuccino Years, Roberto has left and Adrian is now in his place.

Hitesh is a teenager on a work experience placement, whom Carlton-Hayes brought in to manage the computer. When the bookshop closes, Hitesh is not applicable to redundancy pay as he had not been employed for two years or more. Hitesh says that he will get a job at KFC, where his cousin is manager.

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Mrs. Appleyard, the domestic science teacher, who confiscated Barry Kent's Benson & Hedges cigarettes - the teachers were later seen to have been smoking them in the staffroom.