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.

An anthology bringing together a selection of Claire Dowie's plays for young people, which are ideal for performance with a large cast. The anthology includes the following plays and an introduction by the author. Why Is John Lennon Wearing A Skirt? (Stage2 version, large cast) portrays a 14-year-old girl who dresses like a boy and would rather play football than anything else. This version can be performed by a cast of up to 100. Arsehammers (Stage2 version, large cast) is about a boy's relationship with his grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer's (or "Arsehammers", as the boy hears it). He believes his grandad to have superpowers on account of his routine disappearances. A brilliant tale of living with, and understanding, mental illness. It has been reimagined for a cast of around 20. The Year of the Monkey (Stage2 version, large cast) shows a mother dreaming of injecting some excitement into her humdrum life. The play has been revised the play for around 25 young people. Hard Working Families (original version, large cast), which hasn't previously been published, is a satirical play with music that exposes the true impact that earning a living has on young people in modern-day society. It is a response to politicians' visions of 'ordinary people', set against the reality of earning a living and the way this impacts on young people's lives. It can be performed by a cast of up to 50.

Here we are nibbling away all day and night, Mrs Dacey. Nibble nibble. No sense, no order, no nothing, we're all mad and nasty. Samuel Bennett leaves his home in South Wales to pursue a career in London. Setting out with an attitude of reckless, nihilistic purpose, he encounters a nightmarish city with an assortment of bizarre characters and an embarrassing first sexual experience. Join Samuel as he meanders through this dreamlike world, all with a beer bottle stuck on his little finger. Dylan Thomas's gloriously surreal coming-of-age and unfinished novel is given new life by acclaimed writer Lucy Gough. Originally premiered in Wales in 2014, the adaptation was then performed in both Sydney and Melbourne, Australia in 2015. It is published here in Methuen Drama's Plays for Young People series, pitched at ages 16-18. It features an introduction by Sam Mackie, Head of Drama in the English Faculty at The Peninsula School, Victoria.

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 2015 festival, which takes place across the UK and Ireland, finishing up at the National Theatre in London. The programme 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 anthology contains all ten of the play scripts, and notes from the writer and director of each play, addressing the themes and ideas behind the play, as well as production notes and exercises. The National Theatre Connections series has been running for twenty years and the anthology that accompanies it, published for the last five years by Methuen Drama, is gaining a greater profile by the year. This year's anthology includes plays by Jamie Brittain, Katherine Chandler, Elinor Cook, Ayub Khan Din, Katie Douglas, Cush Jumbo, Ben Ockrent, Eugene O'Hare, Stef Smith and Sarah Solemani.

An hilarious sequel to "Alex and The Warrior."

Incorporating the themes of friendship and what it means to belong, "Alex and the Winter Star" is not only play jam packed with adventure, danger and magic, but is underlined by important concepts and issues.

Ideal for young actors and schools, Alex's new adventures are sure to capture the imagination of young readers, sending them spinning into a mystical world of possibilities.

Tokologo Afrika Borwa e fetositse maphelo a bontsi bja rena. Go bao ba nago le sa bona go bose ka ge ba khunamelwa ke ba basehlana. Bangwe ba soboletsa diatla ka merabeng go reka bahloki gore ba ba belegele bana. This work illustrates the changes that followed the new order, and the power that those with money now have over the poor.

Rhukanani, un'wana wa vatlangi, u vula leswaku 'ku tlula nawu nkarhi wun'wana swa hanyisa'. Marito lawa ya komba miehleketo ya Rhukanani, ni ku byala mbewu, leyi emakumu a nga ta kucetela Kupulani ku dlaya nuna wa yena. Rhukanani asserts that the transgression of rules is at times justifiable in order to survive. This sets the stage for encouraging and assisting Kupulani with planning the murder of her partner.

Written by Sophocles around 425 BCE, ""Oedipus Rex"" is a classic Greek tragedy that depicts the struggle between man and fate. Oedipus' story forms the foundation for the symbolic conflict between sons and fathers, a theme that has lost none of its dramatic punch in the ensuing centuries. The meticulous scholarship presented in this new ""Bloom's Guides"" title offers its readers fresh insight into this time-honored classic.

Indaba exoxa ngokuhlukunyezwa kukamama nendodakazi ngokocansi ngubaba wekhaya ongumshayeli weloli lamabanga amade, obuya ekuhambeni esenegciwane lengculazi. A story of the sexual abuse of a mother and her daughter. The husband, a long distance truck driver, comes back with the AIDS virus and infects his wife and step-daughter.

Umdlalo wesihloko esithi, 'Kanti Ngewakabani?' utlolwe nguSkosana NE ngommongo-ndaba wethando. UNcema mdlali ophakathi, obangwa nguMadzela noMkhethwa osirhole begodu obelethwa ebukhosini, kwaMabena. Uyena sithandwa sakaNcema nguMadzela kodwana umfowabo lekosi, uMkhethwa, ufuna bona ende kuye ngekani. Lombango ugcina wenze uNcema athethwe masotja ngombana amsindisa ekuthathweni mabutho wekosi ngekani. Bobabili akekho othatha uNcema. Madzela and Mkhethwa, the brother to chief Mabena, are both fighting to win Ncema. Ncema's lover is Madzela, while Mkhethwe is using his traditional social status to try to marry Ncema against her wish. Then Ncema is snatched by soldiers in order to save her from the fierce warriers of the chief, Mabena.

Umcebo Ofihliwe ngumdlalo obhalelwe ukudlalwa emoyeni ngolimi lwesiZulu. Le ncwadi izoba ngolukhulu usizo ngoba izokwazi ukuncelisa abafundi ngolwazi lolimi lwesiZulu, ihlonze amakhono ezokudlala umdlalo womoya ngokucubungulisisa ulwazi oludingekayo uma kubhalwa noma kuzodlalwa umdlalo womoya. Le ncwadi izowacija amakhono abafundi bethu. A fascinating drama title for a radio play. It uses entertainment to inform learners about issues they might have to deal with in life.

Lo ngumdlalo weshashalazi osuselwe embangweni wezinsizwa kubangwa izintombi nemingcele, kuze kulwe izigodi ngenxa yezinqumo ezijulile zothando nokujula kothando lwezithandani. Two young men compete for the love of a maiden. This results in faction fights between neighbouring clans with the two factions drawing boundaries and taking sides.

Colleges, universities and high schools nationwide are seeking up-to-date writing on themes related to cultural diversity. Roger Ellis' previous multicultural anthologies of plays, scenes and monologs have been in popular use for several years. This unique anthology of complete plays is directed specifically to young audiences from new writers of the multicultural experience. Many international cultures are represented including African American, Native American, Central and South American, Caribbean, Pacific Island, Maori, Viking, Irish, Spanish, Gypsy, Canadian, Jewish, Muslim, Pakistani, East Indian and more. Each of these plays contain a significant number of roles for young actors. A valuable text for multicultural, literary or speech classes; or for theatrical applications.

Leli bhuku liqukethe imidlalo emisha yasesiteji, imidlalo yomsakazo kanye nemidlalo yethelevishini eqoqelwe ndawonye. Izindikimba zisukela kweyenkohlakalo kuze kufike kwezobulili nezenkolo. A new collection of isiZulu stage plays, radio plays and TV drama covering a wide variety of themes ranging from corruption to gender issues and religion.

Le ncwadi iqulathe imidlalwana eyahlukeneyo nelungiselelwe ukuba ilinganiswe ngabafundi eqongeni. Ifeza iimfuno zeKharityhulam kaZwelonke. Ngale ncwadi ootitshala baza kuphucula izakhono zabafundi ezizezi zilandelayo: Ukufunda nokubukela, Ukumamela, Ukuthetha nokulinganisa imidlalo. The title contains a variety of play scripts that have been carefully designed for dramatisation by learners on stage. It will definitely assist the educators in developing the following skills: reading and viewing, listening, speaking and dramatisation.

Ili ndi litambwa na kavhili, one masin.ambilu na mavivho a vhatanuni vhamusanda. Ngeno vhadziavhumbulu vha tshi miliswa tshivhinda na u livhana na ito oa muhali. This drama is a heartbreaking story of jealousy and conspiracy in the royal kingdom, and those faced with the king's merciless hand.

Umdlalo lo okhuluma ngomfana owasuka le emakhaya ezofuna umsebenzi eThekwini wafika washomana nezigebengu, wagcina ngokuboshwa wagwetshwa iminyaka emihlanu ejele kwathi ayenze nabo leli cala bagwetshwa intambo. A play about a country boy who got himself into trouble in the city and was sentenced to five year's imprisonment.

Incwadi u ‘Mamfene’ yidrama ebhalwe ngumbhali obonakalisa ubuchule bokuyizoba imo-ntlalo yendawo nexesha eliqhubeka ngayo ibali, nokuthi amenze umfundi webali azive enga wayekho kwindawo ekwakuqhubeka kuyo ibali. Eli bali ljolise ekubeni liphuhlise iimeko zenkohlakala eziye zenziwe ngabantu kwabanye abantu kwiingingqi esihlala kuzo. An interesting drama that will captivate its reading audience.

Na e be ke ntho ya bohlokwa hore lerato le o kwale mahlo hoo o ka bang wa bolaya ntata bana ba hao. Mmatefo le Sebolai ba qhadile metse ya bona ka lona lerato leo. Mmatefo o bolaile monna a nkeha ke moena hae. One often wonders whether it is true that a person can be so blinded by love that they can kill their spouse. Mmatefo killed a husband for a younger brother.