This schools' edition of Mark Haddon's multi-award-winning novel adapted for the stage of the National Theatre by Simon Stephens is perfect for Key Stages 3 and 4. Featuring the play script from the Modern Plays edition but with the language adjusted for school use*, this edition includes a wealth of classroom activities for the English and drama classrooms. Christopher, fifteen years old, stands beside Mrs Shears's dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington. He has an extraordinary brain and is exceptional at maths, but he is ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. But Christopher's detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that turns his world upside-down. This educational edition in Methuen Drama's Critical Scripts series has been prepared by national Drama in Secondary English experts Ruth Moore and Paul Bunyan. Building on a decade of highly effective work and publications endorsed by national organisations and supported by teachers and consultants across Britain, each book in the series: Simon Stephens's adaptation of Mark Haddon's bestselling, award-winning novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time offers a richly theatrical exploration of this touching and bleakly humorous tale. * The instances of stronger language have been tempered in this edition specifically for school use. Teachers may still wish to satisfy themselves that it is suited to the age of their pupils.

本作の真髄は、少年の論理的視点を通じ、日常の歪みを鮮やかに暴く点にあります。言葉の裏の嘘を理解できない彼が、秩序を求めて世界を解読しようとする姿は、不条理な愛憎を浮き彫りにします。彼の純粋な思考回路が、混沌とした現実を生き抜く切実な武器となる過程には、胸を突くような美しさが宿っています。 映像化作品では、緻密な内面描写が、光や音の演出により五感を揺さぶる体験へ昇華されました。活字で彼の思考に潜り、映像でその世界を体感する。この往復が物語の奥行きを広げ、私たちは彼の目を通して初めて、世界の真実の姿を直視することになるのです。