Overview
Drawing together the work of ten leading
playwrights - a mixture of established and emerging writers - this
National Theatre Connections anthology is published to coincide with the
2014 festival, which takes place across the UK and finishes up at the
National Theatre in London. It 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 with the young performer in mind. 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 of 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.