Drawing together the work of 10 leading playwrights, this National Theatre Connections anthology features work by some of the most exciting and established contemporary playwrights. Gathered together in one volume, the plays collected offer young performers between the ages of 13 and 19 an engaging selection of material to perform, read or study. Each play has been specifically commissioned by the National Theatre's literary department with the young performer in mind. The anthology contains 10 play scripts; notes from the writer and director of each play, addressing the themes and ideas behind the play; and production notes and exercises for the drama groups. This year's anniversary anthology includes plays by Suhayla El-Bushra, Anders Lustgarten, Robin French, Tim Etchells, Patrick Marber, Kellie Smith, Lizzie Nunnery, Harriet Braun and Alistair McDowall.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Plays For Young People .

There are 680 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2017 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Nancy Harris is from Dublin, where her comedy No Romance was a huge hit for the Abbey Theatre in 2011. Paven Virk founded the Second Generation Theatre Company at 17. She has been part of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme, the NFTS Screenwriting for Film & TV Course and the Theatre Royal Stratford East Musical Theatre Writing Residency. Craig Higginson is a novelist, playwright and theatre director. He is the Literary Manager and dramaturge at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg and teaches playwriting at Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa. Anders Lustgarten is Pearson Playwright-in-Residence at the Finborough Theatre. His plays include A Day at the Racists.

This book has the following chapters: Three by Harriet Braun #YOLO by Matthew Bulgo Fomo by Suhayla El-Bushra Status Update by Tim Etchells Musical Differences by Robin French Extremism by Anders Lustgarten The School Film by Patrick Marber Zero for the Young Dudes! by Alistair McDowall The Snow Dragons by Lizzie Nunnery The Monstrum by Kellie Smith