by NoelClarke (Author), JamesGraham (Author), Carl Grose (Author), Alia Bano (Author), KatoriHall (Author), Molly Davies (Author), HelenBlakeman (Author), SamuelAdamson (Author), Douglas Maxwell (Author), NellLeyson (Author)
This brilliant new collection of ten plays for young people will prove indispensable to schools, colleges and youth theatre groups. Specially commissioned by the National Theatre for the Connections Festival 2011 involving 200 schools and youth theatre groups across the UK and Ireland, each play is accompanied by production notes and exercises. The Pied Piper re-imagined, the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda, witches in seventeenth century Norfolk, a giant baby on the rampage, an extraordinary day in an ordinary school are just some of subjects covered in the thrilling and varied new plays created by talented writers for young actors to perform in National Theatre Connections 2011. The plays in this anthology offer a huge variety of stories and styles to ignite the imagination of young casts and creative teams. Themes are both teenage and universal - ambition, dashed hopes, fear and confidence, loyalty and betrayal. These new plays embrace a huge range for their inspiration: they plunder classics and imagine the future.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 608
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 17 Mar 2011
ISBN 10: 140813179X
ISBN 13: 9781408131794
Book Overview: A collection of ten new plays for young people specially commissioned by the National Theatre for the New Connections Festival 2011 which will involve 200 schools and youth theatre groups in the UK and Ireland. Each play is accompanied by production notes and exercises.