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Race to Be Seen: Graham, the World's Fastest Blind Runner
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Mark Wheeller

Race to Be Seen

Graham, the World's Fastest Blind Runner

Mark Wheeller

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Salamander Street Limited
02 December 2021
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"Revised and expanded 2021 edition

Race To Be Seen was nominated as the Scottish Evening News Critics Choice Best Play and Pick of the Fringe by Radio Forth at the 1984 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Race To Be Seen tells the story of how an award-winning play came to be written about the amazing World Champion Blind Athlete Graham Salmon MBE, who tragically died in 1999.

It charts his parents story when, as a baby, Graham had to have both eyes removed due to an incurable eye cancer. It follows his schooldays and how he was expelled for running a book as well as his trials in trying to secure a job and finally, his incredible sporting success!

Graham went on to play golf for the international visually impaired team. He hit the headlines again for hitting a hole in one.

His final battle was against cancer. Graham surrendered first his leg and then his life ... but never became downcast ... he wanted his autobiography to be called ""Wide Eyed And Legless""!

Graham Salmon is the most inspiring athlete I have met; I say this without a moments hesitation even though I have enjoyed the rare privilege of sharing the company of Muhammad Ali, Stanley Matthews, Gary Sobers, Martina Navratilova, Nadia Comaneci, Arnold Palmer and countless others in the course of my job.

Robert Philip Daily Telegraph.

A remarkable play ... a story of great courage and dedication; It is also entertaining and good Theatre, with plenty of scope for imaginative direction.

Amateur Stage Book Review (of the original Race To Be Seen).

Snappily written episodes ... a moving, eminently performable show. Get this book if you are looking for something of real substance.

H. Wright National Association of Drama Teachers Broadsheet ).

Duration: 55 minutes Cast: 6 (3m 3f with doubling). Can be performed with a cast of up to around 30. (10m, 8f & 12 m or f)"
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Imprint:   Salamander Street Limited
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm, 
ISBN:   9781913630867
ISBN 10:   1913630862
Pages:   64
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mark Wheeller's most recent plays,Can You Hear Me Major Tom(Verbatim Bowie fan tribute play) andThis Is For You(Immersive, Ronson inspired fictional, unplanned teenage pregnancy story) are now available. was released telling the dreadful true story of the murder of fourteen-year-old Breck Bednar. offer the incredible stories behind his most well-known plays and also offer ideas for study/rehearsing. ). comic (RoSPA 1994). Mark offers workshops to schools here and abroad. is now available.

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