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Captain Chatter and the stammering student: Ross Willis on his play Wonder Boy by Ross Willis

Our series of extracts from new scripts continues with a play capturing the frustration and worries of 12-year-old Sonny A scared, stammering 12-year-old boy stands in a room full of strangers waiting to tell them his name. Sweat pours, his heartbeat accelerates and all the butterflies in the world enter his stomach. Growing up is hard enough but growing up with a stammer is relentless. The self-loathing and shame th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AM on January 4, 2021

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