{"product_id":"connections-500-9781474284134","title":"Connections 500","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing together the work of 12 leading playwrights, this \u003ci\u003eNational Theatre Connections\u003c\/i\u003e anthology celebrates highlights from 21 years of the Connections festival with a retrospective selection of plays. Featuring work by some of the most prolific playwrights of the 20th and 21st centuries, and together in one volume, the anthology offers young performers between the ages of 13 and 19 an engaging selection of plays to perform, read or study.Each play has been specifically commissioned by the National Theatre''s literary department over the years, with the young performer  in mind. In 2016, these plays were then performed by approximately 500 schools and youth  theatre companies across the UK and  Ireland, in partnership with  multiple professional partner regional theatres at which the works were showcased. The anthology contains all 12 of the play scripts; notes from the writer and director of each play, addressing the themes and ideas behind the play; and production notes and ex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlackout \u003c\/i\u003eby Davey Anderson\u003ci\u003e Eclipse\u003c\/i\u003e by Simon Armitage\u003ci\u003e What Are They Like? \u003c\/i\u003eby Lucinda Coxon\u003ci\u003e Bassett \u003c\/i\u003eby James Graham\u003ci\u003e I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here \u003c\/i\u003eby Stacey Gregg\u003ci\u003e Gargantua\u003c\/i\u003e by Carl Grose\u003ci\u003e Children of Killers \u003c\/i\u003eby Katori Hall\u003ci\u003e Take Away \u003c\/i\u003eby Jackie Kay\u003ci\u003e It Snows\u003c\/i\u003e by Bryony Lavery, Steven Hoggett \u0026amp; Scott Graham\u003ci\u003e The Musicians \u003c\/i\u003eby Patrick Marber\u003ci\u003e Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e by Mark Ravenhill\u003ci\u003e Bedbug \u003c\/i\u003eby Snoo Wilson, Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019913986391,"sku":"9781474284134","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474284134.jpg?v=1750781711","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/connections-500-9781474284134","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}