National Theatre Connections 2013

von Lucinda Coxon, Jim Cartwright, Howard Brenton

584 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Dramen und Dramatiker
• ISBN: 9781408184363
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.03.2013
• Größe: 198 x 129 mm
• Verlag: Continnuum-3PL