Dimensions
129 x 198 x 26mm
The plays in this top quality collection are ideal for young performers aged 13 to 25 and offer a diverse range of challenges, styles and subjects. The volume will prove essential for teachers and students of drama and for youth drama groups. The plays include modern reworkings of classics, such as Simon Reade's witty and brilliantly inventive adaptation of Lewis Carroll's much-loved fantasy, and DJ Britton's version of Sophocles' Theban plays, the tragic Oedipus/Antigone. Contemporary teenage issues are dealt with in Megan Barker's beautiful and uplifting Promise and Sarah May's The Butterfly Club. Simon Stephens' hit-play Punk Rock set in a grammar school explores dislocation and aggression among sixth form pupils. James Graham's Tory Boyz is a fast-paced, political comedy about prejudice and ambition in Westminster. Each play includes production notes and the volume is introduced by Paul Roseby, Artistic Director of the National Youth Theatre. For schools, youth theatre groups and drama colleges this anthology of thematically and stylistically diverse plays will prove an invaluable resource.
