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Why the Whales Came is a British children's story written by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in 1985 in the United Kingdom by William Heinemann , and by Scholastic in the United States. It is set on the island of Bryher , one of the Isles of Scilly , off the coast of Cornwall , in the year 1914. [ 1 ]
When the Whales Came is a 1989 British drama film directed by Clive Rees and starring Helen Mirren, Paul Scofield, David Suchet, Barbara Jefford, David Threlfall, John Hallam, Barbara Ewing, and Jeremy Kemp. [1] It is based on the 1985 children's book Why the Whales Came written by Michael Morpurgo.
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Miller also adapted and performed Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo, which toured the UK and played a limited season at Ovalhouse in London in 2016. [24] [25] She wrote and performed Perfectly Imperfect Women which opened at Ovalhouse [26] and ran at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Pleasance Courtyard 2017. [27]
The island is featured in the children's story Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo. In the book, Samson is under a curse that needs to be lifted. [16] The island also featured in Armorel of Lyonesse by Walter Besant. [17] Webber's Cottage supposedly features in that novel as Armorel's house. [18]
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The novel was adapted into a television movie in 1992. It was shown in two parts between 24 April and 1 May 1992 as part of ITV's CITV strand. [5] It was directed by Gavin Millar, and starred Polly Grant as Bess Throckmorton and Ronald Pickup as Sir Walter Raleigh. [6]