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Sophie’s new collection of poems and plays
Contains the full scripts and lyrics of her two murder mystery musicals! Out May 28 in the UK!
Maverick and irreverent, these poems delight in rhyme and rhythm, embracing wit, play and subversive intelligence. Alongside the poems sit the librettos of Sophie’s two murder mystery musicals, The Mystery of Mr E and Work Experience, blending song, satire and dramatic bite. Together, they offer a fierce and funny critique of how society treats children and teenagers, how we define work and worth, and what it means to grow up inside systems obsessed with productivity and profit.
Villain Elle
Stories are stories. Real life is real life.
You hint that you might sue for defamation.
It’s not illegal to dislike your wife.
Fictional bitch gets stabbed with made up knife
and you perceive your stab-less situation.
Stories are stories. Real life is real life.
Is ‘trouble’ just a few lines down from ‘strife’?
That’s where you’re finding risk to reputation?
It’s not illegal to dislike your wife.
Traduced ex-friends, from Oswestry to Fife,
privately think she’s an abomination.
Stories still stories. Real life still real life.
Discussion of her awfulness is rife
(yet lawful) at Heathrow, at Cambridge station.
It’s not illegal to dislike your wife.
I could invent a creature called a Spife
(spindly-wife-esque and prone to pustulation).
Stories remain just stories, life is life.
The law allows me not to like your wife.
REVIEWS
“The Mystery of Mr. E is absolutely brilliant. The story is really well told. Above all else, it’s a great celebration of British ingenuity and British culture.”
Times Radio
“It clearly comes from a place of deep genre adoration and knowledge, on both the whodunnit and musical sides. The songs are excellent.”
The Guardian