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At First I Was Afraid (I Was Petrified) by Douglas Maxwell

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Each issue of we bring you a page-to-stage focus on a play for performance with your students. This issue, co-founder of Wonder Fools, Jack Nurse introduces us to At First I Was Afraid (I Was Petrified) – a Douglas Maxwell text written as part of their Positive Stories for Negative Times project

At First I Was Afraid (I Was Petrified) by Douglas Maxwell was written as part of Positive Stories for Negative Times Season 2, an international participatory project by Wonder Fools in association with the Traverse Theatre in which writers have been commissioned to create work for 6–25 year-olds and the rights to perform those works are available free to participating groups. Season 2 is about coming together, embarking on new processes, and changing the way we think about theatre for young people.

Douglas Maxwell has been one of Scotland's top playwrights since his debut in 2000. His first collection of work focussed on his writing for younger audiences including Decky Does a Bronco, Mancub, Too Fast, The Mother Ship and Helmet.

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