Drawing together the work of 10 leading playwrights, this National Theatre Connections anthology features work by some of the most exciting and established contemporary playwrights. Gathered together in one volume, the plays collected offer young performers between the ages of 13 and 19 an engaging selection of material to perform, read or study. Each play has been specifically commissioned by the National Theatre's literary department with the young performer in mind. The anthology contains 10 play scripts; notes from the writer and director of each play, addressing the themes and ideas behind the play; and production notes and exercises for the drama groups. This year's anniversary anthology includes plays by Suhayla El-Bushra, Anders Lustgarten, Robin French, Tim Etchells, Patrick Marber, Kellie Smith, Lizzie Nunnery, Harriet Braun and Alistair McDowall.

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Yes, you can access National Theatre Connections 2017 by Suhayla El-Bushra,Anders Lustgarten,Robin French,Tim Etchells,Patrick Marber,Alistair McDowall,Kellie Smith,Lizzie Nunnery,Harriet Braun,Matthew Bulgo in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Drama. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Media & Performing Arts

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Drama

exercise: 

short 

synopsis 

Immediately 

after 

the

read-through, 

you

could 

ask

your

company 

to

individually 

write 

a

couple 

of

sentences 

–

a

short

synopsis 

of

the

play. 

This 

should 

include 

major 

plot 

points

and

encapsulate 

the

key

outline 

of

the

story. 

Ask

everyone 

to

share 

their 

sentences 

with 

the

group 

and

discuss 

the

similarities/

differences/recurring 

themes. 

This 

is

a

useful 

exercise 

to

discover 

together 

some 

of

the

key

narrative 

choices. 

Themes

Resistance

Against 

.

.

.

Evil? 

Adulthood? 

Adults? 

Something 

with

different 

values 

to

the

protagonists 

of

the

tale? 

Those 

who

threaten 

their 

way

of

life?

The

journey 

of

the

enemy 

and

that 

process 

is

important, 

–

from 

monsters 

to

machines 

to

an

enemy 

with 

real 

purpose.

Not

them 

and

‘us’, 

just 

‘us’. 

This 

is

something 

that 

characters

in

the

play 

experience. 

Woods

•

A

constant 

theme.

•

A

setting.

Trees

•

Mystical.

•

Omnipresent.

•

Timeless.

•

Static.

•

Rites 

of

passage.

•

Sprawling 

forest.

•

Good 

and

evil 

and

resistance.

The

Snow 

Dragons

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Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
National Theatre Connections
Introduction
Three
#YOLO
FOMO
Status Update
Musical Differences
Extremism
The School Film
Zero for the Young Dudes!
The Snow Dragons
The Monstrum
Participating Companies
Partner Theatres
Copyrights
Performing Rights
The National Theatre
Drama Online
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama Modern Plays

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