Description
| Product ID: | 9780954233051 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Theatre Centre |
| Subtitle: | Plays for Young People |
| Authors: | Author: Angela Turvey, Rosamunde Hutt, Roy Williams, Manjinder Virk, Benjamin Zephaniah, Anna Reynolds, Anna Furse |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Educational: First / native language: Literature studies, Educational: English literature |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Includes plays such as: "Listen to your Parents", "Gorgeous", "Precious", "Look at Me", "Souls", and, "Glow". Edited and Introduced by Rosamunde Hutt, Foreword by Pam St. Clement A challenging and culturally diverse collection of new plays for young people by some of the UK''s foremost writers aimed at young people. Beautifully written and tested in performance, these plays which deal with topics such as domestic violence, eating disorders, mother/daughter relationships and sibling rivalry, has become essential texts for teenagers, theatres, schools, colleges and drama groups. The PlaysListen To Your Parents by Benjamin Zephaniah: Winner of the Commission of Racial Equality Race in the Media Award. Gives us a teenager''s view of domestic violence through poetry and football. Precious by Angela Turvey: How do you stop being a graffiti artist and become a real one? Look At Me by Anna Reynolds: Uses theatricality to explore behaviour in and out of school. Gorgeous by Anna Furse: Considers Victorian values and how they affect young women today. Glow by Manjinder Virk: A teenage girl becomes a boxing champion and learns to face the loss of her mother. Souls by Roy Williams: Sibling rivalry conspires to set 3 brothers against each other following the death of their mother. |
| Imprint Name: | Aurora Metro Books |
| Publisher Name: | Aurora Metro Publications |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-11-30 |
