National Theatre Connections 2013
The Guffin; Mobile Phone Show; What Are They Like?; We Lost Elijah; I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here; Tomorrow I'll Be Happy; Soundclash; Don't Feed the Animals; Ailie and the Alien; Forty-Five Minutes
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Drama History & Criticism, Drama, Nonfiction, Entertainment
| Author: | Lenny Henry, Mr Howard Brenton, Mr Jim Cartwright, Ms Stacey Gregg, Ms Jemma Kennedy, Ms Anya Reiss, Ms Lucinda Coxon, Miss Morna Pearson, Mr Jonathan Harvey, Mr Ryan Craig | ISBN: | 9781408184585 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | March 28, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Methuen Drama | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lenny Henry, Mr Howard Brenton, Mr Jim Cartwright, Ms Stacey Gregg, Ms Jemma Kennedy, Ms Anya Reiss, Ms Lucinda Coxon, Miss Morna Pearson, Mr Jonathan Harvey, Mr Ryan Craig |
| ISBN: | 9781408184585 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | March 28, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Methuen Drama |
| Language: | English |
Drawing together the work of ten leading playwrights – a mixture of established and current writers – National Theatre Connections 2013 offers young performers between the ages of thirteen and nineteen everywhere an engaging selection of plays to perform, read or study.
Each play is specifically commissioned by the National Theatre's literary department and reflects the past year's programming at the venue in the plays' ideas, themes and styles. The plays are performed by approximately 200 schools and youth theatre companies across the UK and Ireland, in partnership with multiple professional regional theatres where the works are showcased.
The volume features an introduction by Anthony Banks, Associate Director for the National Theatre Discover Programme, and each play includes notes from the writer and director addressing the themes and ideas behind the play, as well as production notes and exercises.
Published to coincide with the 2013 Connections festival, and the 50th anniversary of the National Theatre, this year's collection features work from Howard Brenton, Jim Cartwright, Lucinda Coxon, Ryan Craig, Stacey Gregg, Jonathan Harvey, Lenny Henry, Jemma Kennedy, Morna Pearson, and Anya Reiss.
Drawing together the work of ten leading playwrights – a mixture of established and current writers – National Theatre Connections 2013 offers young performers between the ages of thirteen and nineteen everywhere an engaging selection of plays to perform, read or study.
Each play is specifically commissioned by the National Theatre's literary department and reflects the past year's programming at the venue in the plays' ideas, themes and styles. The plays are performed by approximately 200 schools and youth theatre companies across the UK and Ireland, in partnership with multiple professional regional theatres where the works are showcased.
The volume features an introduction by Anthony Banks, Associate Director for the National Theatre Discover Programme, and each play includes notes from the writer and director addressing the themes and ideas behind the play, as well as production notes and exercises.
Published to coincide with the 2013 Connections festival, and the 50th anniversary of the National Theatre, this year's collection features work from Howard Brenton, Jim Cartwright, Lucinda Coxon, Ryan Craig, Stacey Gregg, Jonathan Harvey, Lenny Henry, Jemma Kennedy, Morna Pearson, and Anya Reiss.
