By Rory Mullarkey (author) Part of the Plays for Young People series
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This collection of three plays On The Threshing Floor, The Grandfathers and Flood , for young performers from multi-award-winning playwright Rory Mullarkey, offers astutely relevant and powerfully theatrical pieces of drama.
Each offering large and flexible casts for non-gender specific performers, they are perfect for performances and study by young performers aged 13-23.
Presented in the style of eloquent contemporary verse, Flood explores the consequences of global warming and salvaging hope in the midst of despair.
The play was originally commissioned by National Youth Theatre and was performed at Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation in 2018.
The Grandfathers explores the personal experience of warfare and what it takes to train to fight for your country. The play was first performed as part of National Theatre Connections, 2012, before being revived at Bristol Old Vic and the National Theatre's Shed.
Through a collection of vignettes, On The Threshing Floor captures the speed, strangeness and confusion of living through pivotal moments of history. The play premiered at Hampstead Theatre and uses a large ensemble cast exploring themes of work, government and society.
Popular with drama schools, youth groups and young people, this collection provides an excellent resource for those looking for large-scale and flexible plays to produce, perform and study.
A Preview of Three Plays for Young Performers is available here.
'The best NT Connections production I have seen in the last ten years' - Nicholas Hytner (on The Grandfathers)
' The Grandfathers excels at going to dark places on light feet - jokey boyish banter curdling with implacable fears. It's clear from the off, as we open on a battlefield where panicked soldiers huddle and tumble over each other like trapped animals, that this is an anthem for decidedly doomed youth.' - Exeunt
Rory Mullarkey's original plays include Pity, The Wolf from the Door (Royal Court Theatre), Saint George and the Dragon (Royal National Theatre), Each Slow Dusk (Pentabus Theatre/UK Tour), Cannibals, Single Sex (Royal Exchange, Manchester), The Grandfathers (National Theatre Connections, then Bristol Old Vic/National Theatre) and On the Threshing Floor (Heat & Light Company, Hampstead Theatre). His adaptations/translations include The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov (Bristol Old Vic/Manchester Royal Exchange), The Oresteia by Aeschylus (Shakespeare's Globe) and Remembrance Day by Aleksey Scherbak (Royal Court).
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This collection of three plays On The Threshing Floor, The Grandfathers and Flood, for young performers from multi-award-winning playwright Rory Mullarkey, offers astutely relevant and powerfully theatrical pieces of drama. Each offering large and flexible casts for non-gender specific performers, they are perfect for performances and study by young performers aged 13-23.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Three Plays for Young Performers - Plays for Young People and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
Three Plays for Young Performers - Plays for Young People features in the following genres: Drama / Performing Arts, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for Young Adults, Recommendations, Warfare & Battles, Featured Books for 13+ readers
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Three Plays for Young Performers - Plays for Young People was written by Rory Mullarkey and published by Methuen Drama an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Three Plays for Young Performers - Plays for Young People has 126 pages
Yes it is part of Plays for Young People series
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