Young Blood, 9780951587768
Paperback
A collection of 5 plays for young people to read and to perform: “The Girl who fell through a hole in her jumper”, “The Search for Odysseus”, “Darker The Berry”, “Geraniums”, and, “Out of their Heads”. Subjects include: growing-up, fathers and sons, drugs, fascism, sibling rivalry and island life.

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  • Paperback

    296 pages

  • Release Date

    26 January 1998

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Summary

Young Blood is a collection of plays for young people with the following aims:• to publish some of the most interesting, challenging, contemporary writing for young performers in one volume.• to extend the life of the plays beyond their first production.• to make them available to young people throughout the UKTo develop performing skills young people need to work on the best scripts available; to have the opportunity to explore the ideas, form and language of exceptional writers. Young peopl…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780951587768
ISBN-10:0951587765
Author:Charles Way, Sheila Yeger, Marcus Romer, Naomi Wallace, Sally Goldsworthy, Bruce McLeod, JB Rose
Publisher:Aurora Metro Publications
Imprint:Aurora Metro Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:296
Edition:4th
Release Date:26 January 1998
Weight:376g
Dimensions:19mm x 148mm x 210mm
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”…a volume has emerged bringing relief to actors, youth and drama workers and teachers everywhere, in the shape of five tried and tested contemporary classics…”

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About The Author

Charles Way

Sally GoldsworthyFrom 1990 -1996 she was director of the London Bubble Youth Theatre inPeckham South London where they made plays in tents, halls, streets andoccasionally theatres. She has directed plays for many companies includingmost recently Cardboard Citizens Theatre Company, London BubbleTheatre Company, The Women’s Theatre Workshop and Kew Gardens.From 1992 - 1995 she was member of the Executive Committee for theNational Association of Youth Theatres and represented Youth Theatres onthe Advisory Council of the National Campaign for the Arts. From 1996 -2003 she was Head of Education at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. She iscurrently the Director of Discover in East London.She lives with her partner John and has three sons, Gabriel, Frankie andArthur.Cheryl RobsonWorked for the BBC for several years, before founding the Women’sTheatre Workshop and Aurora Metro Press. She developed and producedthe work of many UK and international women writers for the stage over 10years. Taught Creative Writing and Film and Video in Higher Education andcompleted her MA in Playwriting Studies at Birmingham University in 1991.For Aurora Metro, she has commissioned and published over 100 writersincluding Benjamin Zephaniah, Germaine Greer and Meera Syal.

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